2,551 first-hand accounts of flood events in West Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Waves of rain, heavy at times, moved across the region during the afternoon of February 26th through the morning of March 1st. Creeks and streams rose out of their banks by the final day of February, resulting in flooded roadways across West Virginia.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance swept through the Ohio Valley on June 14th with showers and thunderstorms aligned along a surface cold front. Several thunderstorms became severe that evening which resulted in downed trees and power lines due to damaging wind gusts.
Read the full account →By 10 PM on 5th, Rte 40 near Wheeling began to flood. By 9 AM on 6th, flooding caused numerous mud slides along Rte 2. As the Ohio River rose, 14 coal-filled barges broke loose; some passed through the Pike Island Dam and slammed into the I-70 bridge carrying traffic over…
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of convection resulted in wind damage and flooding. Flash flooding on small streams turned into river flooding. A historic and record setting flood occurred along portions of the Elk and Gauley Rivers in central West Virginia.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of convection resulted in wind damage and flooding. Flash flooding on small streams turned into river flooding. A historic and record setting flood occurred along portions of the Elk and Gauley Rivers in central West Virginia.
Read the full account →Incredible rainfall associated with the remants of Hurricane Fran caused considerable and in some cases record flooding along rivers and tributaries in the Potomac basin.
Read the full account →Rains of 2.5 to 4.75 inches fell from 2200E on the 11th through 1900E on the 12th. Repetitive showers formed, as dew points of 60 to 65 degrees fed the system from Kentucky.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance parked over the Ohio Valley resulted in afternoon showers and thunderstorms on the 18th and 19th across portions of West Virginia. This spawned local flooding issues in Calhoun and Webster Counties.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms intensified along and east to west front in central West Virginia during the late morning hours. Downpours were most common across extreme southern Roane County and into Clay County during the late morning.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms intensified along and east to west front in central West Virginia during the late morning hours. Downpours were most common across extreme southern Roane County and into Clay County during the late morning.
Read the full account →A strong, well defined mid level circulation lifted northeast into eastern Kentucky by late afternoon. Ahead of this disturbance, cellular convection formed and moved north into southern West Virginia.
Read the full account →In a northwest flow aloft, clusters of showers and thunderstorms formed during the evening hours on the 12th. Storms were along a weak front, and ahead of a weak low pressure system in southern Ohio.
Read the full account →A mesoscale convection system rode east and northeast out of Kentucky during Christmas morning. Support for the rain was aided by a stalled out front in southern West Virginia, just south of Charleston, on into southeast Kentucky. Abundant moisture was available.
Read the full account →A slowly approaching frontal boundary late on the 7th triggered more widespread shower and thunderstorms in the late afternoon into the nighttime hours.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north through West Virginia on the 3rd with a half inch to an inch of rain over the central mountain counties. Less rain fell elsewhere. Late afternoon and evening temperatures rose into the 50s and lower 60s over the lowlands.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north through West Virginia on the 3rd with a half inch to an inch of rain over the central mountain counties. Less rain fell elsewhere. Late afternoon and evening temperatures rose into the 50s and lower 60s over the lowlands.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted through during the morning of the 2nd. Only a few showers and storms were associated with the warm front. ||Rounds of showers and thunderstorms formed in the lower Ohio River Valley and moved quickly into western West Virginia during the evening of the 2nd.
Read the full account →A frontal system was draped across the central Appalachians on the 10th and 11th. As waves moved along the front, periods of heavy rainfall moved across southern West Virginia.
Read the full account →A frontal system was draped across the central Appalachians on the 10th and 11th. As waves moved along the front, periods of heavy rainfall moved across southern West Virginia.
Read the full account →A frontal system was draped across the central Appalachians on the 10th and 11th. As waves moved along the front, periods of heavy rainfall moved across southern West Virginia.
Read the full account →Several days with rounds of showers and thunderstorms continued on Friday the 22nd. The area was in the active storm track, in the northwest flow aloft, from the Midwest into the central Appalachians.||Clusters showers and thunderstorms formed during the late afternoon hours…
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system crossing through the state inflicted multiple rounds of severe weather across West Virginia. Starting on the 7th, a warm front draped across the Ohio Valley was the primary focus for convection to develop that evening.
Read the full account →A slow moving warm front lifted across the middle Ohio River Valley and central Appalachians on the 30th. Additional support was provided by several mid level shortwave troughs and a weak surface low.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure system crossing through the Tennessee Valley resulted in a multiple day flooding event across portions of West Virginia.
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