Heavy Rain, Berkeley
- When
- March 29, 10:00 AM EST to March 30, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Berkeley County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.464, -78.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in West Virginia, March 29 to 30, 2001
Low pressure brought a period of heavy rainfall to the Mid Atlantic region between the morning of the 29th and the morning of the 30th. 5 inches of rain was recorded.
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
- 2
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.
Low pressure brought a period of heavy rainfall to the Mid Atlantic region between the morning of the 29th and the morning of the 30th. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain was recorded.
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 Mar 29, 9:45 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 9:45 AM EST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 945 AM EST THU MAR 29 2001 RAFL HAS ADVNCD ACRS MUCH OF CWFA ATTM...AND SHUD MAKE IT ACRS REST OF AREA NXT HR OR SO. MRNG SNDGS MOIST...BUT H8 TEMP INCR OF 3C FM 15-21 UTC SHUD SPPRT A MODEST MAXT RISE. IN THE W...AMS NOT AS SATURTD BUT CAD WL COMPENSATE. GOING /DREARY/ FCST LOOKS FINE PER 12Z ETA...AND WL ADJUST MAINLY FOR CRRNT CONDS-- RMV MRNG WRDG AND SNW MNTN IN W. MAY END UP BEING THE LWR END OF MAXT RNG. RADAR INFO...REPLCMNT PART ON A PLANE RIGHT NOW...HOPEFULLY RADAR WL BE BACK UP THIS AFTN. NEW ZFP...ETC 1500-1530 UTC. .LWX... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. HTS
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Jefferson
- When
- March 29, 10:00 AM EST to March 30, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.308, -77.863 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, March 29, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, March 29, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, March 29, 2001
- High Surf in California, March 29 to 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 29, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, March 29, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, March 29, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, March 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 29, 2001
- Hail in Florida, March 29, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, March 29 to 30, 2001
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, March 2001
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5239957, 5239958.