Flood, Monongalia
- When
- December 6, 2:30 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Monongalia County, 0.46 mi NE of Morgantown to 0.4 mi NE of Morgantown
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 39.626, -79.945
Flood in West Virginia, December 6, 2014
Heavy rainfall of over one and one half inches in less than 24 hours caused Deckers Creek near Morgantown to rise above 3 feet. This produced minor roadway flooding.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall of over one and one half inches in less than 24 hours caused Deckers Creek near Morgantown to rise above 3 feet. This produced minor roadway flooding.
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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 6, 1:13 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 1:13 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 113 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2014 .SYNOPSIS... RAIN WILL DIMINISH WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL GIVE A DRY DAY SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION ALTHOUGH COUNTIES ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR NOW ON THE BACK EDGE OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN. SURFACE LOW WILL TRANSITION ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN RACE EAST TO THE COAST ENDING RAIN BUT LEAVING STRATUS IN ITS WAKE. ADJUSTED POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR END TIME OF RAIN. STILL A LOW CHANCE FOR A MIX OF SLEET OR SNOW IN THE RIDGES AS PRECIP ENDS. CLEARING OVERNIGHT LOOKS TO BE PROBLEMATIC AS STRATUS MAY BE TRAPPED UNDER THE INVERSION AS SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS EAST. HAVE RAISED SKY GRIDS INTO SUNDAY MORNING. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... BLDG HIGH PRES WL MAINTAIN DRY WEA UNTIL THE APCH OF THE NXT UPR TROF LATE ON MONDAY. SRN STREAM SHRTWV THROUGH THAT TROF IS CURRENTLY PROGGED TO SPIN UP A COASTAL LOW BY MONDAY...NEWD PROGRESS OF WHICH IS CURRENTLY PROGGED TO RMN SUFFICIENTLY E TO FOREGO PROBLEM CONTRIBUTION FOR THE UPR OH REGION. NEVERTHELESS...PCPN CHCS WL INCRS ON MON NGT INTO TUESDAY AS ISENTROPIC LIFT...WARM MOIST ADVCTN DVLPS ON THE ERN FLANKS OF THE HIGH AMPLITUDE ERN CONUS TROF. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... A DEEP ERN CONUS TROF IS PROGGED TO PERSIST THRU ERLY INTO THE WKEND AS COASTAL SFC LOW PRES TRACKS UP THE E COAST. FCST SNW SHWR CHCS INTO WED NGT UNTIL THE LOW AND UPR SPPRT EXITS THE RGN. A WK SRTWV IS PROGGED TO ROTATE THRU THE GT LKS ARND THE MAIN TROF FRI THOUGH WITH BLDG SFC HIGH PRES UNDER THE TROF KEPT A DRY FCST. BLO SEASONAL TEMPS SHOULD RTN TO NR AVG BY LT WK. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... IFR CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO MVFR ACROSS WESTERN OHIO WHERE WINDS ALOFT VEER TO THE WEST/NORTHWEST BEHIND THE AXIS OF THE MID-LEVEL TROUGH PASSING ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BE GUSTY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON AS THE TROUGH PASSES THROUGH AND THE BOUNDARY LAYER DEEPENS...TAPPING STRONGER WINDS ALOFT. WIND GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 15KTS AND 20KTS ON AVERAGE. MID AND UPPER LEVELS WILL QUICKLY DRY OUT BEHIND THE TROUGH CLEARING OUT MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS FROM WEST TO EAST STARTING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...EXTENSIVE STRATUS LAYER TRAPPED UNDER THE INVERSION IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY KEEP MVFR CIGS IN PLAY UNTIL SEVERAL HOURS AFTER SUNRISE ON SUNDAY...AFTER WHICH DRY CONDITIONS AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. OUTLOOK.../SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... RESTRICTIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ON TUESDAY AS THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM TRANSITIONS OVER THE AREA. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 6, 3:34 AM EST, 10 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 334 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2014 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-070845- GARRETT-TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON- JEFFERSON OH-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO- FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY- ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-GREENE-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION- MONONGALIA-PRESTON-TUCKER- 334 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, December 6, 2014
- Avalanche in Alaska, December 6, 2014
- Winter Weather in Montana, December 6, 2014
- Flash Flooding in California, December 6, 2014
- Dense Fog in Texas, December 6 to 7, 2014
- High Wind in Montana, December 6 to 9, 2014
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, December 6, 2014
- Coastal Flood in South Carolina, December 6, 2014
- Dense Fog in Oklahoma, December 6 to 7, 2014
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: 547367.