West Virginia, 2025Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025 · NWS LWX · 2 events in 1 county or zone
A nearly stationary boundary resided over the Allegheny Mountains with stable air to the east, and moist unstable air along and west of the mountains. This resulted in numerous showers and thunderstorms slowly traversing the higher terrain.
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- 0
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A nearly stationary boundary resided over the Allegheny Mountains with stable air to the east, and moist unstable air along and west of the mountains. This resulted in numerous showers and thunderstorms slowly traversing the higher terrain. Localized rainfall amounts of two to five inches were observed across portions of Pendleton County, which resulted in flash flooding.
What forecasters said that day
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NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 2:37 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:37 PM EST, 8 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:25 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
125 PM EDT Fri Jun 27 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1055 AM Flood 1 N Triangle 38.56N 77.32W
06/27/2025 Prince William VA Emergency Mngr
A car became stalled in flood waters near the
intersection of Cabin Road and Vanetta Court.
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Event Number LWX2505736
JMGLocal storm report, Jun 27, 1:03 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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- When
- June 27, 2:45 PM EST to 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Pendleton County, 0.39 mi S of Franklin to 0.3 mi WSW of Franklin
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 38.644, -79.330
Dogwood Lane closed near North Main Street in Franklin. Water at least 12 inches deep flowing across the road.
Flash Flood, Pendleton
- When
- June 27, 3:12 PM EST to 4:12 PM EST
- Where
- Pendleton County, 2.13 mi SW of Franklin to 1.95 mi WSW of Franklin
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -79.360
Video of Smith Creek out of it's banks flowing across Smith Creek Road west of Oak Grove.
- 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.
- Heat in Nevada, June 27 to 30, 202511 deaths · 3 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 27, 2025$2.2 million · EF2 · 48 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 27, 20251 death · 63 kt wind · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 27 to 28, 2025$81,000 · 50 kt wind · 40 events
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 27, 2025$37,000 · 59 kt wind · 13 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 27, 2025$50,000 · 65 kt wind · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 27, 2025$18,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 events
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 27, 2025$22,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 27, 20251 in hail · 17 events
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 27, 2025$16,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 events
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Missouri, June 27, 2025$20,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 27, 2025$4,000 · 1.25 in hail · 10 events
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: 1259468, 1259469.