Flood, Summers
- When
- May 17, 6:30 PM EST to May 18, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Summers forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.656, -80.859 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in West Virginia, May 17 to 18, 1996
Minor flooding occurred on the Greenbrier River from 4 miles northeast of Renick to 6 miles southwest of Alderson in Summers, Monroe, and Greenbrier Counties on the 17th and 18th. 25 feet above flood stage at Renick at 1853 EST on the 17th and 1 foot above flood stage at Alderson at 0500 EST on the 18th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 RNK wrote it up.
Minor flooding occurred on the Greenbrier River from 4 miles northeast of Renick to 6 miles southwest of Alderson in Summers, Monroe, and Greenbrier Counties on the 17th and 18th. The Greenbrier river crested .25 feet above flood stage at Renick at 1853 EST on the 17th and 1 foot above flood stage at Alderson at 0500 EST on the 18th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Monroe
- When
- May 17, 6:30 PM EST to May 18, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.560, -80.551 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Greenbrier
- When
- May 17, 6:30 PM EST to May 18, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Greenbrier 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
- Tornado in Minnesota, May 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, May 17, 1996
- Heat in Missouri, May 17 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, May 17, 1996
- Flood in Ohio, May 17, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, May 17, 1996
- Tornado in North Dakota, May 17, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, May 17, 1996
- Tornado in Minnesota, May 17, 1996
- Tornado in Idaho, May 17, 1996
- Tornado in Idaho, May 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, May 17, 1996
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, May 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5555179, 5555180, 5555181.