Heavy Rain, Wood
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM EST to August 31, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.211, -81.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in West Virginia, August 1 to 31, 1998
The total August rain amounted to less than an inch for much of the county. 67 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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.
The total August rain amounted to less than an inch for much of the county. The cooperative observer in Parkersburg recorded only 0.67 inches. Normal August rains are in the 3.5 to 4 inch range. This same region had started the summer excessively wet, with 10 to 14 inches of rain in June.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Louisiana, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Louisiana, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 1, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 1, 1998
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 1, 1998
- Drought in Virginia, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 1, 1998
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, August 1998
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: 5661327.