2,551 first-hand accounts of flood events in West Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
As the weakening Hurricane Ivan moved inland across Alabama, light rain began in southern West Virginia on the morning of the 16th. The rain shield moved into northern counties overnight. Heavy rain began before dawn on the 17th around Huntington.
Read the full account →Separate waves of rain moved along a strong west to east frontal zone in the Ohio Valley from late on the 3rd into the early morning hours of the 8th. Dew points in the 50 to 55 degree range were in Kentucky and southern West Virginia.
Read the full account →Ahead of a warm front, showers and embedded thunderstorms began before dawn on Wednesday, the 29th. The warm front lifted northeast through West Virginia between dawn and midday.
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 →Strong moisture advection ahead of a southern stream low pressure system brought a prolonged period of moderate to heavy rainfall across the middle Ohio River Valley and Central Appalachians.
Read the full account →Strong moisture advection ahead of a southern stream low pressure system brought a prolonged period of moderate to heavy rainfall across the middle Ohio River Valley and Central Appalachians.
Read the full account →Several low pressure systems lifted through the Appalachians between the 20th and 24th. On the 21st, an area of heavy rainfall moved across western West Virginia with totals of 1 to 1.25 inches over 24 hours. The higher amounts were along the Ohio River.
Read the full account →Several low pressure systems lifted through the Appalachians between the 20th and 24th. On the 21st, an area of heavy rainfall moved across western West Virginia with totals of 1 to 1.25 inches over 24 hours. The higher amounts were along the Ohio River.
Read the full account →Several low pressure systems lifted through the Appalachians between the 20th and 24th. On the 21st, an area of heavy rainfall moved across western West Virginia with totals of 1 to 1.25 inches over 24 hours. The higher amounts were along the Ohio River.
Read the full account →Several low pressure systems lifted through the Appalachians between the 20th and 24th. On the 21st, an area of heavy rainfall moved across western West Virginia with totals of 1 to 1.25 inches over 24 hours. The higher amounts were along the Ohio River.
Read the full account →An unusually deep low for late June moved through the Ohio Valley with a slow-moving front triggering scattered to numerous thunderstorms across southeast West Virginia.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms existed at dawn on the 8th in Indiana. With support for the mid and upper level winds, this mesoscale convective complex maintained its intensity through the morning. It raced southeast at 50 mph into western West Virginia during the afternoon.
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 →Steady rain began during the morning on the 10th. The rain was associated with a warm front. The rain increased during the late afternoon and evening hours over north central counties. Rainfall totals were beginning to exceed an inch.
Read the full account →After the arctic deep freeze at dawn on the 20th, snow, sleet, and freezing rain spread over West Virginia between 0300E and 0600E on the 21st. Luckily, it was a Saturday, and travel was limited. ||A widespread variation of snow totals resulted.
Read the full account →A cold front sank slowly southeast on the 9th. Widespread rain showers were along and south of the front during the predawn and morning hours. The area of showers was oriented west to east, along the mean flow. Rains of 1.5 to 2.2 inches fell in about 12 hours.
Read the full account →A cold front sank slowly southeast on the 9th. Widespread rain showers were along and south of the front during the predawn and morning hours. The area of showers was oriented west to east, along the mean flow. Rains of 1.5 to 2.2 inches fell in about 12 hours.
Read the full account →A wet period began early on the 4th as a complex series of disturbances lifted northeast through the Ohio Valley pushing a slow-moving cold front across the area.
Read the full account →A complex low pressure system situated over the Ohio Valley combined with another low forming off the southeast coast to bring abundant moisture into the area. A band of thunderstorms developed and tracked northeast into Southern West Virginia during the evening of March 12th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms during the early morning of the second produced flash flooding, Numerous roads in Hinton were flooded and closed, including the Route 3 and Route 20. A mobile home was also washed off its foundation.
Read the full account →The warm front, that caused flash flooding 24 hours earlieracross the southern coal fields, lifted northeast. Smallbut intense showers and thunderstorms trained southeast.Rains of 2.5 to 3.5 inches were common in about 6 hours alonga narrow corridor from Tyler County to…
Read the full account →A warm front surged north during the morning of Friday the 18th, dropping a half inch to an inch of rain. Meanwhile, low pressure extended from southern Ohio on down the entire length of the Ohio River during that afternoon.
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