Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 13 to 14, 2000

Name: Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 13 to 14, 2000
Start: 2000-02-13T23:00
End: 2000-02-14T04:00
Location: West Virginia

February 13 to 14, 2000 · NWS RLX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
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.

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Tyler

When: February 13, 11:00 PM EST to February 14, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Tyler County, Countywide
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.465, -80.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rains of 1.5 to 2 inches fell in about 12 hours. This caused small streams feeding into the Middle Island Creek to overflow. The sheriff reported Route 23 was closed near Shirley. On the morning of the 14th, Middle Island Creek flowed into the normal low lying areas, causing no damage. This event left the ground saturated, for the next significant rain to cause more significant flooding.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in West Virginia in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, February 2000

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: 5130410.