Heavy Rain in West Virginia, July 1 to 31, 1996

Name: Heavy Rain in West Virginia, July 1 to 31, 1996
Start: 1996-07-01T00:00
End: 1996-07-31T23:00
Location: West Virginia

July 1 to 31, 1996 · NWS RLX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Ten to 16 inches of rain fell during the month. The 12 inchesmeasured at Elkins was the most on record for any July andthe second wettest of any month.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 RLX wrote it up.

Ten to 16 inches of rain fell during the month. The 12 inchesmeasured at Elkins was the most on record for any July andthe second wettest of any month. Kumbrabow State Forestmeasured 14.9 inches. An unofficial spotter near Montrosereported a 16 total. Normal monthly rainfall is 4.5 to 5.5 inches.

Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Randolph

When: July 1, 12:00 AM EST to July 31, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Randolph forecast zone

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in West Virginia in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, July 1996

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5565038.