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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

Fayette, WV · Jul 9, 2025

Active weather returned to West Virginia on July 9th in the midst of a cold front slowly approaching from the west. Additional moisture was ushered into the region from the remnants of a tropical system tracked north through the Carolinas and Virginia.

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Upshur, WV · Jul 9, 2025

Active weather returned to West Virginia on July 9th in the midst of a cold front slowly approaching from the west. Additional moisture was ushered into the region from the remnants of a tropical system tracked north through the Carolinas and Virginia.

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Kanawha, WV · Jul 30, 2025

The final few days of July featured a cold front slowly approaching West Virginia and stalling overhead. While much of the area remained dry on July 30th, showers and thunderstorms formed along the mountains and made little progress during the afternoon.

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Harrison, WV · Jul 31, 2025

The final few days of July featured a cold front slowly approaching West Virginia and stalling overhead. While much of the area remained dry on July 30th, showers and thunderstorms formed along the mountains and made little progress during the afternoon.

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Nicholas, WV · Jul 9, 2025

Active weather returned to West Virginia on July 9th in the midst of a cold front slowly approaching from the west. Additional moisture was ushered into the region from the remnants of a tropical system tracked north through the Carolinas and Virginia.

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Harrison, WV · Jul 31, 2025

The final few days of July featured a cold front slowly approaching West Virginia and stalling overhead. While much of the area remained dry on July 30th, showers and thunderstorms formed along the mountains and made little progress during the afternoon.

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Randolph, WV · Jul 30, 2025

The final few days of July featured a cold front slowly approaching West Virginia and stalling overhead. While much of the area remained dry on July 30th, showers and thunderstorms formed along the mountains and made little progress during the afternoon.

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Mason, WV · Jul 1, 2025

Following a fairly active June, unsettled conditions rolled right on into the month of July with bands of rain and thunderstorms springing up ahead of a cold front on the 1st.

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Roane, WV · Jul 14, 2025

Several days of active weather took place across West Virginia from July 14th to the 17th in response to a cold front festering over the area.

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Harrison, WV · Jul 25, 2025

After a brief, but very welcome period of drier weather, showers and thunderstorms returned to the area on July 25th as moisture increased ahead of a cold front.

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Wood, WV · Jul 28, 2025

After a brief, but very welcome period of drier weather, showers and thunderstorms returned to the area on July 25th as moisture increased ahead of a cold front.

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Putnam, WV · Jul 1, 2025

Following a fairly active June, unsettled conditions rolled right on into the month of July with bands of rain and thunderstorms springing up ahead of a cold front on the 1st.

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Putnam, WV · Jul 1, 2025

Following a fairly active June, unsettled conditions rolled right on into the month of July with bands of rain and thunderstorms springing up ahead of a cold front on the 1st.

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Wood, WV · Jul 28, 2025

After a brief, but very welcome period of drier weather, showers and thunderstorms returned to the area on July 25th as moisture increased ahead of a cold front.

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Marshall, WV · Jul 25, 2025

Overnight sub-severe convection and remnant boundaries from said convection acted as initiating mechanisms for development later in the morning and afternoon hours.

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Flash Flood

Kanawha, WV · Jul 1, 2025

Following a fairly active June, unsettled conditions rolled right on into the month of July with bands of rain and thunderstorms springing up ahead of a cold front on the 1st.

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Cabell, WV · Jul 1, 2025

Following a fairly active June, unsettled conditions rolled right on into the month of July with bands of rain and thunderstorms springing up ahead of a cold front on the 1st.

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Putnam, WV · Jul 1, 2025

Following a fairly active June, unsettled conditions rolled right on into the month of July with bands of rain and thunderstorms springing up ahead of a cold front on the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Kanawha, WV · Jul 1, 2025

Following a fairly active June, unsettled conditions rolled right on into the month of July with bands of rain and thunderstorms springing up ahead of a cold front on the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Cabell, WV · Jul 1, 2025

Following a fairly active June, unsettled conditions rolled right on into the month of July with bands of rain and thunderstorms springing up ahead of a cold front on the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Kanawha, WV · Jul 1, 2025

Following a fairly active June, unsettled conditions rolled right on into the month of July with bands of rain and thunderstorms springing up ahead of a cold front on the 1st.

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Flash Flood

Putnam, WV · Jul 9, 2025

Active weather returned to West Virginia on July 9th in the midst of a cold front slowly approaching from the west. Additional moisture was ushered into the region from the remnants of a tropical system tracked north through the Carolinas and Virginia.

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Flash Flood

Upshur, WV · Jul 9, 2025

Active weather returned to West Virginia on July 9th in the midst of a cold front slowly approaching from the west. Additional moisture was ushered into the region from the remnants of a tropical system tracked north through the Carolinas and Virginia.

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Flash Flood

Marion, WV · Jul 31, 2025

A weak shortwave riding along a southward sagging boundary supported a broken convective line. A gradient of 1500-2000 J/kg of MLCAPE and near 30 knots of effective shear was enough for a few stronger storms within the broken line.

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