2,551 first-hand accounts of flood events in West Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
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 →Rains of 2 to 4.2 inches fell from 2200E on the 18th through 1600E on the 19th. A strong inflow of moist air from the southeast, helped enhance these rains.
Read the full account →Rains from Friday afternoon, the 14th, into Sunday the 16th were on the order of 3.5 to 4.9 inches, with the maximum over Wayne and Lincoln Counties. Small streams flooded onto roads Saturday evening, the 15th, into early Sunday, the 16th.
Read the full account →Localized downpours hit the Matewan to Varney region of Mingo County, plus the Mt Gay, Holden, and Whitman region of Logan County. Rain amounts were estimated at 1.5 to 2.5 inches. Mute Creek flooded into Matewan.
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 →A strong upper level system combined with a lot of low level moisture led to a period of heavy rainfall on the 15th into the 16th. Widespread rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches fell in 24 to 36 hours from north central West Virginia into the mountainous counties.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted through the Tug Fork River valley late on the 12th, ushering in a moist and unstable atmosphere. Widespread showers and thunderstorms brought 2 to 2.5 inches of rainfall overnight into the early morning hours of the 13th.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted through the Tug Fork River valley late on the 12th, ushering in a moist and unstable atmosphere. Widespread showers and thunderstorms brought 2 to 2.5 inches of rainfall overnight into the early morning hours of the 13th.
Read the full account →A mesoscale convective complex moved southeast out of Indiana across eastern Kentucky and into southern West Virginia. With ample moisture, instability, and lift, new storms formed ahead of the initial complex.
Read the full account →Following several days of showers and thunderstorms, a final upper level disturbance crossed on the 31st bringing another round of showers and storms. A couple of the storms produced hail.
Read the full account →Several waves of low pressure moved through the middle Ohio River Valley and central Appalachians on the 28th and 29th. Each wave produced a round of showers, with some heavy rain pockets.
Read the full account →A wave of low pressure and surface front crossed West Virginia, producing heavy rainfall on the 16th. Generally 1 to 2 inches of rain fell on already saturated soil. This resulted in creek and stream flooding on the 16th and into the 17th.
Read the full account →A northwest flow, with disturbances aloft, dominated the area for this episode. A west to east frontal system lay well to the north, across northern Ohio early Wednesday morning.||One large complex of storms dropped southeast through portions of north central West Virginia into…
Read the full account →Convection dropped from northwestern Ohio during the late afternoon and reached into southeast Ohio during the evening hours of the 4th. This was south of an east to west cold front in northern Ohio. That front was sinking slowly south.
Read the full account →Out ahead of a slow moving cold front, scattered thunderstorms moved east at 15 to 20 mph during the afternoon. In the muggy air, dew points were in the lower 70s. Local downpours occurred.
Read the full account →A mid level disturbance helped trigger 1 cluster of storms during the predawn hours of the 18th. Those storms moved east, through north central West Virginia. Other storms affected the Interstate 64 corridor later that evening.
Read the full account →During the afternoon of the 28th, near a stationary front, thunderstorms moved across southeast Kentucky. They continued into far western Virginia and finally into extreme 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 storm system brought a prolonged period of moderate to heavy rainfall across the middle Ohio River Valley and central Appalachians on the 15th and 16th. Over a roughly 36 hour period, 1 to 2 inches of rain fell.
Read the full account →A strong storm system brought a prolonged period of moderate to heavy rainfall across the middle Ohio River Valley and central Appalachians on the 15th and 16th. Over a roughly 36 hour period, 1 to 2 inches of rain fell.
Read the full account →A strong storm system brought a prolonged period of moderate to heavy rainfall across the middle Ohio River Valley and central Appalachians on the 15th and 16th. Over a roughly 36 hour period, 1 to 2 inches of rain fell.
Read the full account →A strong storm system brought a prolonged period of moderate to heavy rainfall across the middle Ohio River Valley and central Appalachians on the 15th and 16th. Over a roughly 36 hour period, 1 to 2 inches of rain fell.
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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