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West Virginia Flood Stories

2,551 first-hand accounts of flood events in West Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood$100K damage

Logan, WV · Nov 12, 2003

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.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Mingo, WV · Nov 12, 2003

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.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Doddridge, WV · Dec 13, 2007

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.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Braxton, WV · Jun 13, 2013

A warm front lifted north, through West Virginia, during the day on Wednesday. Heating and instability increased greatly during the afternoon of the 12th. Dew points reached into the lower 70s across the lowlands.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Taylor, WV · Aug 28, 2013

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…

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Taylor, WV · Aug 13, 2013

South of a cold front, mid level support and upper level jet dynamics helped form and enhance showers and thunderstorms in eastern Ohio during the late evening on the 12th. These clusters trained east into north central West Virginia near the Route 50 corridor.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Harrison, WV · Aug 28, 2013

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…

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Flash Flood

Putnam, WV · Feb 15, 2025

Light precipitation started to arrive on the evening of February 14th due to an approaching low pressure system, with more substantial rain spreading across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.

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Flash Flood

Logan, WV · Feb 15, 2025

Light precipitation started to arrive on the evening of February 14th due to an approaching low pressure system, with more substantial rain spreading across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.

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Flash Flood

Wirt, WV · Feb 16, 2025

Light precipitation started to arrive on the evening of February 14th due to an approaching low pressure system, with more substantial rain spreading across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.

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Flash Flood

Kanawha, WV · Feb 15, 2025

Light precipitation started to arrive on the evening of February 14th due to an approaching low pressure system, with more substantial rain spreading across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.

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Flash Flood

Wayne, WV · Feb 15, 2025

Light precipitation started to arrive on the evening of February 14th due to an approaching low pressure system, with more substantial rain spreading across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.

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Flash Flood

Jackson, WV · Feb 16, 2025

Light precipitation started to arrive on the evening of February 14th due to an approaching low pressure system, with more substantial rain spreading across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.

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Flash Flood

Wayne, WV · Feb 15, 2025

Light precipitation started to arrive on the evening of February 14th due to an approaching low pressure system, with more substantial rain spreading across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.

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Flash Flood

Raleigh, WV · Feb 15, 2025

Light precipitation started to arrive on the evening of February 14th due to an approaching low pressure system, with more substantial rain spreading across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.

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Flash Flood

Lincoln, WV · Feb 15, 2025

Light precipitation started to arrive on the evening of February 14th due to an approaching low pressure system, with more substantial rain spreading across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.

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Flash Flood

Jackson, WV · Feb 15, 2025

Light precipitation started to arrive on the evening of February 14th due to an approaching low pressure system, with more substantial rain spreading across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.

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Flash Flood

Putnam, WV · Feb 6, 2025

Showers first entered into West Virginia on the evening of February 5th as a disturbance skirted by to the south. Precipitation continued into the next day, in addition to a few severe thunderstorms that developed ahead of a cold front in the early afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Putnam, WV · Feb 6, 2025

Showers first entered into West Virginia on the evening of February 5th as a disturbance skirted by to the south. Precipitation continued into the next day, in addition to a few severe thunderstorms that developed ahead of a cold front in the early afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Wayne, WV · Feb 6, 2025

Showers first entered into West Virginia on the evening of February 5th as a disturbance skirted by to the south. Precipitation continued into the next day, in addition to a few severe thunderstorms that developed ahead of a cold front in the early afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Kanawha, WV · Feb 6, 2025

Showers first entered into West Virginia on the evening of February 5th as a disturbance skirted by to the south. Precipitation continued into the next day, in addition to a few severe thunderstorms that developed ahead of a cold front in the early afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Wayne, WV · Feb 15, 2025

Light precipitation started to arrive on the evening of February 14th due to an approaching low pressure system, with more substantial rain spreading across the area overnight into the 15th as a warm front approached from the south.

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Flash Flood

Cabell, WV · Feb 6, 2025

Showers first entered into West Virginia on the evening of February 5th as a disturbance skirted by to the south. Precipitation continued into the next day, in addition to a few severe thunderstorms that developed ahead of a cold front in the early afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Wayne, WV · Feb 6, 2025

Showers first entered into West Virginia on the evening of February 5th as a disturbance skirted by to the south. Precipitation continued into the next day, in addition to a few severe thunderstorms that developed ahead of a cold front in the early afternoon.

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