Flood, Preston
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Preston forecast zone
Flooding in West Virginia, August 1, 1996
After cresting between two and three feet above flood stage on July 31st, the Cheat River dropped below flood stage early in the morning on August 1st.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
After cresting between two and three feet above flood stage on July 31st, the Cheat River dropped below flood stage early in the morning on August 1st.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Tucker
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Tucker forecast zone
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 22, 1996
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in New Mexico, August 1 to 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 1, 1996
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 1, 1996
- Drought in Ohio, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 1, 1996
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, August 1, 1996
- Flood in Arizona, August 1, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 1, 1996
- Drought in Pennsylvania, August 1 to 31, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5574378, 5574379.