West Virginia, 2001

Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, June 7, 2001

June 7, 2001 · NWS LWX · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

An area of showers and thunderstorms with very heavy downpours moved across the Eastern Panhandle during the early morning hours of the 7th. The heaviest rain fell across the Fort Ashby and Short Gap areas of Mineral County.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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.

An area of showers and thunderstorms with very heavy downpours moved across the Eastern Panhandle during the early morning hours of the 7th. The heaviest rain fell across the Fort Ashby and Short Gap areas of Mineral County. A total of 3.41 inches was recorded in Pinto and Routes 46 and 28 were flooded. In Hampshire County, trees were downed across Route 956 and 200 near Purgitsville after saturated soil was unable to support the roots. In Berkeley County, 3.00 inches was measured in Martinsburg. A total of 2.70 inches fell at Inwood in Berkeley County and at Cacapon State Park in Morgan County. In Jefferson County, 2.40 inches was reported in Shepherdstown and 2.14 inches fell in Charles Town.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 8:40 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 8:40 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
940 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001

SCT SHRA/S WERE MOVG ACRS NRN FA AT 01Z. AN AREA OF SHRA/S AND
TSRA/S WERE MOVG E TWD FA FM WV. EXPECT PCPN CVRG TO CONT INCRG OVR
FA DUR NXT COUPLE OF HRS. THE OHP PRODUCT FM KRLX SHOWED MAINLY
LIGHT PCPN W/FEW ISOLD 1 INCH AMTS...SO NO NEED FOR FFA AT THIS
TIME.

PCPN WAS MOVG E ALG STNRY BDRY WHICH EXTENDED FM SRN OH VLLY THRU
NRN ERN WV PANHANDLE INTO NRN PIEDMONT OF VA. TSRAS AND ENHANCED
RAFL WERE ASSOCD W/WVS OF LOW PRES MOVG ALG FRONT. WL RAISE POPS TO
LIKELY OVR MOST AREAS TO ACCT FOR MORE SOLID AREA OF PCPN MOVG INTO
FA FM THE W.

SOME LOCALES FELL INTO ONLY THE U60S LAST NGT SO WL AGN OPEN UP MIN
TEMP RANGE.

NO OTHER CHGS.

.LWX...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

ARTHUR

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Event by event

3 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Hampshire

When
June 7, 12:30 AM EST to 3:00 AM EST
Where
Hampshire County, Countywide
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.317, -78.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Morgan

When
June 7, 12:30 AM EST to 3:00 AM EST
Where
Morgan County, Countywide
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.560, -78.258 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Berkeley

When
June 7, 12:30 AM EST to 3:00 AM EST
Where
Berkeley County, Countywide
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.464, -78.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Mineral

When
June 7, 2:30 AM EST to 4:00 AM EST
Where
Mineral County, Countywide
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.415, -78.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several roads were closed by high water.

What these are

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

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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: 5254580, 5254581, 5254582, 5254583.