Heavy Rain, Pendleton
- When
- August 18, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pendleton County, Franklin
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.681, -79.351 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in West Virginia, August 18, 2000
Showers and thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall moved across Pendleton County during the early morning hours of the 18th. 60 inches of rain fell in Franklin.
Where it happened
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- 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 LWX wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall moved across Pendleton County during the early morning hours of the 18th. A total of 1.60 inches of rain fell in Franklin.
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
- Flood and Hail in North Carolina, August 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, August 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 18, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 18, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 18, 2000
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 18, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 18, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 18, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 18, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, August 18, 2000
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: 5173852.