2,551 first-hand accounts of flood events in West Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Three consecutive nights of thunderstorms left western and northern counties with wind damage and flooding. The first night was from Friday evening, the 26th, into early Saturday morning, the 27th.
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.
Read the full account →Repetitive showers and thunderstorms moved rapidly across the southern coal fields, from the late morning hours to the early evening, on a Thursday, the 2nd of May.
Read the full account →A potent squall line developed during the early afternoon across central Ohio, on southwest to central Kentucky. This was along a prefrontal surface boundary, and well out ahead of a strong cold front.
Read the full account →Moderate to heavy rainfall late on the 18th and on the 19th resulted in widespread significant flash flooding and small stream flooding.In Mercer County, there was significant flooding across the county, as many creeks and smaller rivers flooded.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of convection affected West Virginia from late Sunday afternoon on the 16th into Tuesday afternoon the 18th. ||Initially, an easterly flow into the southern and central mountainous counties, helped trigger showers and thunderstorms late Sunday afternoon.
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 →Prior to a rain, the extensive snow cover in the western lowlandshad melted during the prior 5 days. Only patches of snow remainedin the wooded areas. Yet, 10 to 20 inches of snow remained overthe mountainous counties.
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 →Morning rains deposited a half inch to over an inch, before ending by midday. Some minor flooding occurred in southern West Virginia, plus combined with snow melt in Pocahontas County. Warmer air surged into the state during the afternoon.
Read the full account →Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms formed, along and south a warm frontal boundary. Flooding, gusty winds, hail, and even a funnel cloud were observed.
Read the full account →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 →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 →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 →A front was stretched out east to west near the southern border of West Virginia. A strong mid level disturbance lifted northeast and enhanced the rain after 0100E on Monday the 4th before lifting out around noon.
Read the full account →During the morning of January 30th, a convective line of showers formed along a pre-frontal surface trough and intensified as it moved east at 50 MPH.
Read the full account →A disturbance in the winds aloft tracked into the mountainous counties by late afternoon. This feature, along with outflow boundaries from earlier afternoon convection, helped to focus thunderstorms.
Read the full account →What began as an unseasonably cold, even snowy week for late April, ended with very heavy rain, especially across southeast West Virginia and southwest Virginia.
Read the full account →A slow-moving upper low generated some widely scattered convection in the late afternoon and evening of the 21st. Rainfall was heaviest in the evening over parts of southern Greenbrier and northern Monroe counties prompting several Flash Flood Warnings for that area.
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 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 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 →The last remnants of the mid level disturbance was exiting to the northeast. Slow moving showers and storms affected central and north central West Virginia during the afternoon and evening.
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