2,551 first-hand accounts of flood events in West Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An upper level disturbance produced showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall across western Pennsylvania and the northern West Virginia Panhandle. Flooding of roadways and areas of poor drainage were reported.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance produced showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall across western Pennsylvania and the northern West Virginia Panhandle. Flooding of roadways and areas of poor drainage were reported.
Read the full account →Rains of 1.5 to 2 inches from 3 separate periods, fell on a saturated ground over a 24 hour period. The last shot of rain caused minor flooding on numerous small streams and creeks. Many secondary roads were closed.
Read the full account →A weak cold front settled over the forecast area from June 23 until June 27. Waves of low pressure rode northeast along the front. Flow in the atmosphere was parallel to the boundary, producing several rounds of training echoes.
Read the full account →Heavy thunderstorm rains during the early morning of the 17th caused Pigeon Creek to flood in several locations from 2 miles south of Oakvale to Oakvale. People were rescued from a home and several people were rescued from a camp ground.
Read the full account →Route 2, south of New Martinsville, was flooded. Mudslides were also reported at Anderson Ridge, south of Kodol. The most significant flash flooding occurred in the Folsum-Smithfield areas.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms fired late in the day, around 1900E, across southern Ohio, in response to mid level support reaching a pseudo warm front.||A southwest inflow of moisture laden air supported the convection well into the night.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cluster of thunderstorms passed across portions of southern Greenbrier County during the afternoon of August 20th. One thunderstorm cell passed across the Town of Ronceverte and produced rainfall rates as high as 5 inches per hour between 5:30 pm EDT and 5:40 pm…
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms moved north during the overnight hours, ahead of an approaching cold front. Just prior to the frontal passage, training of showers affected southern Wayne County on north through parts of Lincoln, Putnam and Jackson Counties from 0600E to 0900E on…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed in the mid to late afternoon generally south of the Interstate 64 corridor. With the weak flow aloft, the weaker storms rained themselves out. A stronger elongated cluster of storms developed across Lawrence County Kentucky into southern Wayne County.
Read the full account →A deepening low pressure system, originating from the southern plains, moved towards the western Great Lakes on Wednesday March 9th. A wintry mix of precipitation changed over to all rain as the warm front associated with this system pushed across the region on Wednesday…
Read the full account →Rain began overnight of the 11th into the 12th, around the north side of a strong mid level disturbance. The rain increased during the daylight hours on the 12th on the southeast flow into Pocahontas County. Those showers then moved north and northwest through Randolph County.
Read the full account →On Tuesday the 19th, a strong east to west front stretched from north central West Virginia on across extreme southern Ohio near the Ohio River.||Rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved into southeast Ohio around 0200E, reaching into the northern half of West Virginia by dawn…
Read the full account →The ground was wetter than normal from around an inch of rain that occurred on the 15th into the 16th. Periods of rain started to fall again on Sunday the 20th. A front then sank south on Monday the 21st and became nearly stationary just south of Huntington and Charleston.
Read the full account →The ground was wetter than normal from around an inch of rain that occurred on the 15th into the 16th. Periods of rain started to fall again on Sunday the 20th. A front then sank south on Monday the 21st and became nearly stationary just south of Huntington and Charleston.
Read the full account →The ground was wetter than normal from around an inch of rain that occurred on the 15th into the 16th. Periods of rain started to fall again on Sunday the 20th. A front then sank south on Monday the 21st and became nearly stationary just south of Huntington and Charleston.
Read the full account →The ground was wetter than normal from around an inch of rain that occurred on the 15th into the 16th. Periods of rain started to fall again on Sunday the 20th. A front then sank south on Monday the 21st and became nearly stationary just south of Huntington and Charleston.
Read the full account →A deepening low pressure system, originating from the southern plains, moved towards the western Great Lakes on Wednesday March 9th. A wintry mix of precipitation changed over to all rain as the warm front associated with this system pushed across the region on Wednesday…
Read the full account →Ahead of a large cluster of showers and thunderstorms, new storms formed over western Kanawha County during the evening hours. These storms drifted north during the night, producing over 2 inches of rain in less than 3 hours.
Read the full account →A slow-moving and localized thunderstorm produced between 3 and 3.5 inches or rain during 90-minutes across the Adair Run basin. Rainfall rates were estimated by radar to be up to 4 inches per hour at times.
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 →An unsettled pattern with rounds of thunderstorms and showers began early on the 19th. A west to east front settled down into northern West Virginia on the 20th. Abundant moisture was along and south of the front with surface dew points around 70 degrees.
Read the full account →After 1 to 2 inches of rain on the afternoon and eveningof the 18th, another round of thunderstorms during the morningof the 19th, dumped 1.5 to 3 inches of rain. Widespread, butmostly minor, flash flooding occurred across the 6 countyregion.
Read the full account →Two rounds of early morning thunderstorms caused 1 to 4 inches of rain. There were 3 maximum rain areas. One was in the region within a West Union to Clarksburg to Weston triangle.
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