2,551 first-hand accounts of flood events in West Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →A band of heavy rain, about 30 miles wide, stretched from the Huntington vicinity on northeast, toward Spencer, Burnsville, and Buckhannon. The rain fell in about a 30 hour period from the predawn hours of the 19th to after dawn on the 20th.
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 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 →A prolong rain event began on Saturday morning the 14th. The rain was associated with a developing low pressure system over the southeastern United States.
Read the full account →A prolong rain event began on Saturday morning the 14th. The rain was associated with a developing low pressure system over the southeastern United States.
Read the full account →Periods of rain began early on the 24th and became heavier overnight into the 25th. Dew points rose into the upper 40s to around 50s. The rain diminished to a few lingering showers with a cold front during the day on the 25th. Rain amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches were common.
Read the full account →Temperatures were in the single digits to below zero at dawn on the 14th. Strong warm advection, north of a warm front in Tennessee, caused snow to develop across southern counties toward sunset. Temperatures in the lowlands were mostly in the lower 20s during the snow.
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 →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 →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 →Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms were along and south of a cold front. Areas of Fayette and Raleigh Counties were just recovering from the floods on the 8th, when renewed flooding hit.
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 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 →Locally heavy downpours over central Mercer County produced flash flooding in several small basins near Athens, WV. Dual-pol radar estimated more than 4 inches fell in a 3-hour period ending around 600 PM EST and an automated gauge measured 4.53 inches in Athens of which 3.5…
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 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 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 →Ahead of a slow moving mid level trough in the Missouri, warm and humid air returned to northeast Kentucky on the 10th. Sunshine helped temperatures reach into the mid 80s during the afternoon.
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