2,551 first-hand accounts of flood events in West Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 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 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 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 strong storm system moved through the central Appalachians on the 19th and 20th. Ahead of this system, rain fell through the day on the 19th. The highest rain amounts fell across the northern mountainous counties, where 1.25 to 1.75 inches fell.
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 →A slow moving cold front, combined with an upper level trough brought showers and thunderstorms late on the 18th into the 19th. Some pockets of heavy rain occurred within the overall area of showers and thunderstorms, leading to flash flooding in the West Virginia Coal Fields.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front, combined with an upper level trough brought showers and thunderstorms late on the 18th into the 19th. Some pockets of heavy rain occurred within the overall area of showers and thunderstorms, leading to flash flooding in the West Virginia Coal Fields.
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 →Training thunderstorms, rolling out of northeast Kentucky, hit the area from Prichard to Wayne and Lavalette. Wayne measured 3.38 inches of rain in a 24 hour period, most of which fell during a 3 hour period this Monday evening, the 5th.
Read the full account →Instability driven thunderstorms formed during the early evening. A few storms pulsed to stronger levels, causing local wind damage. Brief downpours and considerable lightning were more common.||Brief repetitive showers hit portions of Upshur County during the overnight hours.
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 →By 930 AM on 5th, roads were flooded in Pine Grove. By noon on 6th, flooding from small streams had ended, but then the Ohio River flooded: Hannibal OH was above flood stage (35 ft), from 730 PM on 6th to 230 PM on 8th; it crested 38.3 ft 2 PM on 7th.
Read the full account →Rains of 1.5 to 2.5 fell in less than 3 hours. In Kanawha County, evacuations occurred along Alum , Simmons, Witcher, Hughes, Georges Creeks. One mobile home was pushed off its foundation by Simmons Creeks near Belle.
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 →An approaching cold front combined with a very hot and humid airmass to generate severe thunderstorms around much of the Mid Atlantic on July 18. Reports were received from the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, through the Washington/Baltimore corridor, to the Chesapeake Bay.
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 →Southerly flow pumped lots of moisture into the Central Appalachians on the 4th and 5th. This moisture, combined with an approaching wave of low pressure, caused a prolonged period of showers and thunderstorms resulting in flooding in the central mountains of West Virginia on…
Read the full account →A wave of low pressure moved along a nearly stalled front late on the 6th, with an upper level shortwave trough moving over head. The combination of these features produced a band of heavy, persistent rainfall. One to two inches of rain fell in 6-12 hours.
Read the full account →A wave of low pressure moved along a nearly stalled front late on the 6th, with an upper level shortwave trough moving over head. The combination of these features produced a band of heavy, persistent rainfall. One to two inches of rain fell in 6-12 hours.
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 →An upper level shortwave crossing a stationary front in southern Ohio helped to initiate thunderstorms in the afternoon on the 10th. Where instability was at it's best, a few strong storms developed.
Read the full account →A northwest to southeast oriented warm front struggled to lift northeast in West Virginia from the 19th into the 20th. Surface dew points were in the 65 to 70 degree range to the west of the boundary.
Read the full account →In the muggy air out ahead of a cold front, showers and thunderstorms developed during the early afternoon over western West Virginia. These moved east and southeast into the early evening. In a few spots the lines of convection became parallel to the flow for a short time.
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