Flash Flood in Randolph County, West Virginia

High water was observed in the community of Valley Head.

Ahead of a frontal boundary, a line of thunderstorms crossed through the Ohio Valley during the late afternoon of June 13th, moving into West Virginia during the evening hours. Hot temperatures during the day aided with providing plenty of afternoon heating for these storms to thrive as the system crossed through the region. Damaging winds were the main concern with this line of storms as it persisted across the Ohio Valley, however frequent lightning also accompanied these storms.

As this first line was exiting along southern West Virginia, a second line of storms formed along the lingering frontal boundary and pushed into the northern portion of the region during the night of the 13th. Damaging winds were again the main threat with this secondary line of storms. Following this line, yet another round of storms with damaging winds entered along the northwestern portions of the area during the early morning of June 14th as enough instability continued to be present across the area. A fourth line then passed through by the later morning hours of the 14th.

The main impacts from these storms were the numerous trees and power lines that were blown down across the region. Multiple power outages occurred across West Virginia as a result.

Following the multiple rounds of storms, rises occurred on a few rivers across the forecast area. Isolated high water issues occurred along local roadways in Randolph and Harrison Counties, with a few roads becoming impassable for a brief period of time.