2,551 first-hand accounts of flood events in West Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Rains of 1.5 to 2.5 inches fell in 6 to 8 hours, along a narrow west to east corridor, across central West Virginia. Small streams overflowed. Homes in the flood prone community of Reedy, in northern Roane County, were flooded.
Read the full account →An area of strong to thunderstorms, producing abundant rainfall, formed near the Allegheny highlands of Grant county during the evening. Initially, thunderstorms moving over the same areas of northern Grant Co produced very heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal system and a southeast tropical feed of moisture caused 3 day rain totals, from Saturday the 24th to 1800E on Tuesday the 27th, of 2.5 to 6.7 inches in Pocahontas and Randolph Counties.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal system and a southeast tropical feed of moisture caused 3 day rain totals, from Saturday the 24th to 1800E on Tuesday the 27th, of 2.5 to 6.7 inches in Pocahontas and Randolph Counties.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal system and a southeast tropical feed of moisture caused 3 day rain totals, from Saturday the 24th to 1800E on Tuesday the 27th, of 2.5 to 6.7 inches in Pocahontas and Randolph Counties.
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 stalled frontal system and a southeast tropical feed of moisture caused 3 day rain totals, from Saturday the 24th to 1800E on Tuesday the 27th, of 2.5 to 6.7 inches in Pocahontas and Randolph Counties.
Read the full account →A prolong rain event began on Saturday morning the 14th. The rain was associated with a developing low pressure system over the southeastern United States.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moving over West Virginia pushed a strong cold front through the region during the early morning hours of March 5th. This front triggered several strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds as well as heavy rain.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moving over West Virginia pushed a strong cold front through the region during the early morning hours of March 5th. This front triggered several strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds as well as heavy rain.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moving over West Virginia pushed a strong cold front through the region during the early morning hours of March 5th. This front triggered several strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds as well as heavy rain.
Read the full account →Another deepening low pressure system, during the winter of 2007-08, lifted northeast through West Virginia and the eastern Ohio Valley. Gusty showers and thunderstorms were associated with the wind shift in the wake of the storm center.
Read the full account →Another deepening low pressure system, during the winter of 2007-08, lifted northeast through West Virginia and the eastern Ohio Valley. Gusty showers and thunderstorms were associated with the wind shift in the wake of the storm center.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moving over West Virginia pushed a strong cold front through the region during the early morning hours of March 5th. This front triggered several strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds as well as heavy rain.
Read the full account →A continuous rain on Friday the 5th became heavier in the evening over the southwestern counties of West Virginia. Twelve hour rains of over an inch caused minor stream flooding along roads across portions of Lincoln, Putnam, Cabell, Kanawha, Roane, Jackson, Mason, and Calhoun.
Read the full account →A continuous rain on Friday the 5th became heavier in the evening over the southwestern counties of West Virginia. Twelve hour rains of over an inch caused minor stream flooding along roads across portions of Lincoln, Putnam, Cabell, Kanawha, Roane, Jackson, Mason, and Calhoun.
Read the full account →A continuous rain on Friday the 5th became heavier in the evening over the southwestern counties of West Virginia. Twelve hour rains of over an inch caused minor stream flooding along roads across portions of Lincoln, Putnam, Cabell, Kanawha, Roane, Jackson, Mason, and Calhoun.
Read the full account →A continuous rain on Friday the 5th became heavier in the evening over the southwestern counties of West Virginia. Twelve hour rains of over an inch caused minor stream flooding along roads across portions of Lincoln, Putnam, Cabell, Kanawha, Roane, Jackson, Mason, and Calhoun.
Read the full account →The second round of tall thunderstorms moved through during the evening hours, spawning a few tornadoes. The lightning activity peaked around 2000E with around 200 strikes per minute in the Huntington to Charleston region.
Read the full account →The second round of tall thunderstorms moved through during the evening hours, spawning a few tornadoes. The lightning activity peaked around 2000E with around 200 strikes per minute in the Huntington to Charleston region.
Read the full account →A nearly staitonary front was across southeast Ohio and northern West Virginia. During the afternoon and early evening, repetitive showers and thunderstorms moved west to east in West Virginia. A spotter reported 2.5 inches of rain in Sissonville of northern Kanawha County.
Read the full account →The tail end of a cold front in accompaniment with an upper level disturbance crossed through West Virginia on the 25th and resulted in wind damage across the state.
Read the full account →The tail end of a cold front in accompaniment with an upper level disturbance crossed through West Virginia on the 25th and resulted in wind damage across the state.
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