2,551 first-hand accounts of flood events in West Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Another major rain event occurred from late on the 9th into the evening hours of the 10th. Rain amounts of 1 to 2 inches were common. Including this episode, the accumulative affects of 5 significant rain events over the upper Ohio River Valley since February 21st, caused the…
Read the full account →Another major rain event occurred from late on the 9th into the evening hours of the 10th. Rain amounts of 1 to 2 inches were common. Including this episode, the accumulative affects of 5 significant rain events over the upper Ohio River Valley since February 21st, caused the…
Read the full account →In the muggy summer air, ahead of a cold front in western Ohio, surface dew points were in the upper 60s. A few narrow bands of showers and thunderstorms formed overnight. The rain was oriented from southwest to northeast, parallel to their movement.
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 →Several areas across the county experienced flash flooding.Scotts Run flooded along SR 7 between Cassville and Osage. Numerous homes were flooded and cars swept away.
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 →Predawn thunderstorms formed over Harrison and Lewis Counties and moved through Barbour and Randolph Counties. The heaviest rains were near the border areas of Barbour, Randolph and Tucker Counties.
Read the full account →Runoff from heavy thunderstorm rains, dumping between 3 and 4 inches, caused rapid rises along Dent's Run. Evacuations were ordered along part of Dent's Run in Westover and some basement flooding was reported. Roads and some basements were also flooded in Brookhaven.
Read the full account →Rains of 1.5 to 3 inches caused flooding around Dudley Gap, Ona, Culloden, and Milton in Cabell County. The Milton Police reported some mobile homes had to be evacuated. About 40 families were affected by the high water in Cabell County.
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 →An area of showers and thunderstorms moved through the Eastern Panhandle during the evening of the 3rd. Two to four inches of rain fell across northern Berkeley County. Eleven roads were closed by flooding, including Hedgesville Road and Williamsport Pike.
Read the full account →On September 18, 2003, Hurricane Isabel made landfall on the North Carolina Coast. It moved northwest across Virginia and by 5 am on September 19, the center was over the heart of the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Fortunately the storm had greatly weakened by this point.
Read the full account →On September 18, 2003, Hurricane Isabel made landfall on the North Carolina Coast. It moved northwest across Virginia and by 5 am on September 19, the center was over the heart of the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Fortunately the storm had greatly weakened by this point.
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 →Late night thunderstorms trained for about 4 hours along an old outflow boundary. This occurred from about 2200E on the 10th to 0200E on the 11th. The largest rain amounts of 2 to 3.5 inches were concentrated along Huff Creek and its small feeder streams.
Read the full account →Increasing moisture quickly moved up the Ohio River Valley on the morning of the 3rd into a developing east to west frontal zone. The first of several thunderstorm complexes moved from west to east into western West Virginia during the early afternoon on Tuesday, the 3rd.
Read the full account →An axis of maximum low level moisture convergence was centered over the mountainous counties during the afternoon. Dew points increased into the lower 60s in the southeast upslope flow. Thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and drifted toward the east or southeast.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of convection affected West Virginia from late Sunday afternoon on the 16th into Tuesday afternoon the 18th. ||Initially, an easterly flow into the southern and central mountainous counties, helped trigger showers and thunderstorms late Sunday afternoon.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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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