Heavy Rain in West Virginia, September 1 to 30, 2001

Name: Heavy Rain in West Virginia, September 1 to 30, 2001
Start: 2001-09-01T00:00
End: 2001-09-30T23:00
Location: West Virginia

September 1 to 30, 2001 · NWS RLX · 9 events in 9 counties and zones

Total September rains of 1 to 2 inches were common. That is about half the norm.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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.

Total September rains of 1 to 2 inches were common. That is about half the norm. The 1.34 inches at the Raleigh County Airport was the 5th driest September for that location.

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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 31, 8:22 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 8:22 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
922 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001

FRONT BEGINNING TO PUSH THROUGH CWA WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
STORMS ACCOMPANYING IT.  RAIN THREAT SHOULD END IN THE FAR NW ZONE
IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...WILL BE REMOVING POP HERE AND LEAVING
SCATTERED RAINS IN THROUGH AT LEAST PART OF THE OVERNIGHT
ELSEWHERE.  DO NOT FORESEE ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS AS STORMS ARE
MOVING AT A DECENT CLIP.  NOT MUCH ELSE NEEDS CHANGING AT THIS TIME.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END/CL

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

9 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Boone

When: September 1, 12:00 AM EST to September 30, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Boone forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.023, -81.711 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Cabell

When: September 1, 12:00 AM EST to September 30, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Cabell forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.420, -82.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Clay

When: September 1, 12:00 AM EST to September 30, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.463, -81.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Fayette

When: September 1, 12:00 AM EST to September 30, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Fayette forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Rain, Kanawha

When: September 1, 12:00 AM EST to September 30, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Kanawha forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.337, -81.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Pocahontas

When: September 1, 12:00 AM EST to September 30, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Pocahontas forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Rain, Putnam

When: September 1, 12:00 AM EST to September 30, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Putnam forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.509, -81.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Raleigh

When: September 1, 12:00 AM EST to September 30, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Raleigh forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Rain, Wayne

When: September 1, 12:00 AM EST to September 30, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.146, -82.427 (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

Every storm in West Virginia in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, September 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5262868, 5262869, 5262938, 5262939, 5262940, 5262941, 5262942, 5262943, 5262944.