Heavy Rain in West Virginia

Events

505

Deaths

20

Injuries

16

Damage

$1.2 million

• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, June 14, 20259 deaths · $2.5 million · 3 eventsOn the evening of June 14th, a slow moving thunderstorm passed over portions of Ohio County just east of the city of Wheeling. It's slow movement and interaction with another storm allowed for very heavy rainfall in a short period of time.
• Heavy Rain in West Virginia, December 6, 20145 deaths · 2 injured · $30,000 · 1 eventLight to moderate rain fell most of the day. Rain amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches were common.
• Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 8, 19964 deaths · $5,000 · 1 eventA tragedy unfolded on a family farm along Goose Creek, thatdevastated a close-knit rural community. A 67 year oldgrandfather crossed his concrete low water bridge just aftersunset in a pickup truck.
• Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 3 to 4, 19982 deaths · $80,000 · 1 eventHeavy rain and some wet snow in combination with the leftover heavy snowfall from the end of January resulted in the roof of a recycling center to collapse near Princeton. Two men were crushed to death when the roof fell on them.
• Flooding and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, May 4 to 5, 20091 death · 1 injured · $464,000 · 12 eventsA front was stretched out east to west near the southern border of West Virginia. A strong mid level disturbance lifted northeast and enhanced the rain after 0100E on Monday the 4th before lifting out around noon.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 9, 19971 death · $136,000 · 0.75 in hail · 10 eventsTrees were either snapped off or uprooted. A couple of tin roofs were damaged, including the skating rink. A porch roof was blown off. The wind was channelled from the northwest. Estimated gust from a follow-up National Weather Service survey was 70 mph.
• Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, January 30 to 31, 20131 death · $43,000 · 50 kt wind · 12 eventsJust ahead of a squall line, temperatures were in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Dew points were in the low and mid 50s. The convective squall line moved east at about 35 to 40 mph, causing widespread wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 1, 20151 death · 2 injured · $22,000 · 1 in hail · 5 eventsThunderstorms formed during the afternoon along a front and strong temperature contrast across southern West Virginia. A few had downpours with local rain of 1 to 1.5 inches in an hour. After a dry month of May most areas needed the rain.
• Flooding and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, September 7 to 10, 20181 death · $22,000 · 14 eventsTropical Storm Gordon came ashore along the central Gulf Coast on the night of September 4th. The tropical cyclone dissipated over Missouri by the night of September 7th.
• Heavy Rain in West Virginia, July 21 to 22, 20131 death · $20,000 · 2 eventsA strong summer disturbance in the winds aloft moved up the Ohio Valley during the morning. It combined with the muggy air to produce local downpours during the late afternoon.
• Heavy Rain in West Virginia, May 5, 19961 death · 1 eventA 3 year old boy fell into a backyard drainage ditch thathad been swollen by recent showery weather. The small boybecame lodged in a drainage pipe under the driveway. About75 rescue workers, using shovels and picks, recovered theboy after an hour, but he was dead.
• Heavy Rain in West Virginia, May 27, 20001 death · 1 eventRains of 1 to 1.5 inches fell during the daylight hours on this Saturday. A flash flood watch was in effect, but no flooding occurred. Between 1700 and 1730 E, a 6 year old girl drowned after falling into a swollen culvert near her home in Montgomery Heights.
• Heavy Rain in West Virginia, July 4, 20151 death · 1 eventRounds of showers and thunderstorms occurred on the 3rd. A frontal boundary extended east from a weak low pressure moving up the Ohio River Valley. The low pressure crossed into West Virginia early on the 4th. Local small downpours occurred with 1 to 2 inches of rain.
• Heavy Rain in West Virginia, March 31, 20171 death · 1 eventA prolonged period of rain fell on the 31st as a low pressure system moved through the Ohio River Valley. Generally around an inch of rain fell. This did not produce any flooding, but swift flow was observed on local creeks and streams.
• Heavy Rain in West Virginia, August 17, 20171 death · 1 eventIn the moist and unstable air ahead of a cold front, showers and thunderstorms developed across the middle Ohio River Valley on the afternoon of the 17th. The storms were not overly strong, however they did contain brief downpours.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 12 to 13, 2013$3.5 million · 70 kt wind · 26 eventsA warm front lifted north, through West Virginia, during the day on Wednesday. Heating and instability increased greatly during the afternoon of the 12th. Dew points reached into the lower 70s across the lowlands.
• Heavy Rain in West Virginia, June 6, 20139 injured · $200,000 · 1 eventIn an environment loaded with moisture, short lines and clusters of thunderstorms formed during the late afternoon. One heavier cell passed across the Interstate 64 bridge over the Kanawha River near Nitro around 1630E.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 3 to 5, 2014$565,000 · EF1 · 16 eventsAfter some morning rain showers, scattered thunderstorms formed in eastern and southern Ohio during the mid afternoon hours on the 3rd, ahead of a cold front. The storms moved southeast into West Virginia during the evening hours.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 21, 2016$324,000 · EF1 · 18 eventsScattered thunderstorms formed during the late morning and early afternoon across extreme southern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and central and southern West Virginia. This was in the muggy summer air, south of a slow moving cold front.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, June 17 to 21, 2020$1.3 million · 7 eventsA broad closed off upper low drifted across South Carolina and northwest back into southwest Virginia and West Virginia bringing persistent rainfall that eventually led to flooding. There were repeated rounds of heavy rainfall with widespread amounts of 2 to 5 inches.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 10 to 13, 20141 injured · $286,000 · 1.25 in hail · 25 eventsAhead of a slow moving mid level trough in the Missouri, warm and humid air returned to northeast Kentucky on the 10th. Sunshine helped temperatures reach into the mid 80s during the afternoon.
• Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in West Virginia, May 27 to 30, 2023$434,000 · 23 eventsA deep, closed upper level low pressure system was observed over central Alabama on the morning of May 28th. The east winds around this low, allowed deep sub-tropical moisture from the Atlantic to move into lower Mid-Atlantic region.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 3, 2019$563,000 · 1.75 in hail · 15 eventsFollowing a morning of sunshine on the 3rd, an upper level disturbance crossed the middle Ohio River Valley and central Appalachians during the afternoon. The combination of hot and humid conditions and the disturbance aloft resulted in strong to severe thunderstorms.
• Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in West Virginia, February 29, 2012$785,000 · 7 eventsShowers and thunderstorms with heavy rain developed in the warm sector along the Mason-Dixon line in the afternoon on the 29th. These showers continued to train over parts of Marion, Monongalia, and Preston counties in West Virginia as well as Garrett County in Maryland.
• Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, July 29, 2018$300,000 · 2 eventsA nearly stationary cluster of thunderstorms centered between Princeton and Spanishburg dropped rainfall amounts of 4 to 6 inches. Most of the rain fell within about a three-hour period from 830 to 1130 PM.

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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.