2,551 first-hand accounts of flood events in West Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →Rain showers began during the warm afternoon on the 5th, ahead of an approaching cold front. In the wake of the frontal passage during that evening. the showers transformed into periods of rain.
Read the full account →Rain showers began during the warm afternoon on the 5th, ahead of an approaching cold front. In the wake of the frontal passage during that evening. the showers transformed into periods of rain.
Read the full account →Rain showers began during the warm afternoon on the 5th, ahead of an approaching cold front. In the wake of the frontal passage during that evening. the showers transformed into periods of rain.
Read the full account →Record heat over the mountainous counties helped form convection in a moist environment during the early afternoon. Cells were slow moving. New clusters of convection continued to form during the late afternoon into the evening hours on the periphery of earlier convection.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms formed during the afternoon in a warm and moist environment on the 27th. Brief downpours and lightning were the main result, but some large hail did occur.||As a front across northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania tried to sink south, more rounds of showers and…
Read the full account →A nearly stationary boundary ran from Kentucky east into southern West Virginia on the 8th into the 9th. Warm and muggy air was south of the front, while drier air was to the north and northeast.
Read the full account →The ground was wetter than normal from around an inch of rain that occurred on the 15th into the 16th. Periods of rain started to fall again on Sunday the 20th. A front then sank south on Monday the 21st and became nearly stationary just south of Huntington and Charleston.
Read the full account →The ground was wetter than normal from around an inch of rain that occurred on the 15th into the 16th. Periods of rain started to fall again on Sunday the 20th. A front then sank south on Monday the 21st and became nearly stationary just south of Huntington and Charleston.
Read the full account →The combination of daytime heating and an approaching upper level trough led to scattered thunderstorm development on the afternoon and evenings of the 26th, 27th and 28th. While these storms were slow moving, most moved enough to limit flooding.
Read the full account →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 →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 →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 →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 →A rotating supercell developed in southeast Ohio, then moved across Mason and Jackson counties. The large hail damaged houses and vehicles. In its wake, a larger complex of thunderstorms moved through.
Read the full account →The last onslaught of heavy July rain fell in waves during Saturday, the 28th, and Sunday, the 29th. The heaviest rain on the 28th was generally from the Charleston vicinity on east, into Nicholas County. Heavier rain fell again on the 29th.
Read the full account →Rains of 2.5 to 3 inches were estimated in the 3 hours ending around 0000E. This occurred over a small region around Shively of western Logan County to near Harts of Lincoln County. The Big Harts Creek drainage, including its East Fork, received the bulk of the runoff.
Read the full account →Low level moisture convergence, in a humid air mass, helped trigger the heavy showers across central West Virginia. The convergence was indirectly related to the circulation of Hurricane Katrina. The hurricane was coming ashore in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Read the full account →Rains of a quarter inch or less fell during the day on Wednesday, the 12th, as an oscillating front sank back south, through West Virginia. A lull in the rain occurred late on the 12th and into the night.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms formed during the late morning and early afternoon across extreme southern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and central and southern West Virginia. This was in the muggy summer air, south of a slow moving cold front.
Read the full account →As the calendar was flipped from April to May, widespread showers occurred during the overnight hours. The showers were heaviest in the southern coal field counties of West Virginia. Rain amounts of 1.5 to 2.25 inches occurred by 0800E.
Read the full account →As the calendar was flipped from April to May, widespread showers occurred during the overnight hours. The showers were heaviest in the southern coal field counties of West Virginia. Rain amounts of 1.5 to 2.25 inches occurred by 0800E.
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.
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