Flash Flood — Taylor, West Virginia

2024-05-24 to 2024-05-25 · near Belgium, Taylor, West Virginia

Event narrative

Road closed from flooding at the intersection of Route 50 and Gawthorp Road.

Wider weather episode

An upper level disturbance and stationary front at the surface provided a focus for rounds of showers and storms on May 24th. Locally heavy rain fell across portions of West Virginia, which had already been saturated by rounds of rain the previous day. Pockets of rain totaling between one and a half to three inches accrued across portions of Kanawha and Logan Counties and resulted in flash flooding on a few roadways early in the morning. Flooding came to an end as rain exited to the east by mid morning. A few hours later, convection began to develop in the vicinity of a front across northern West Virginia and led to additional flooding in Taylor County during the evening of the 24th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1176928. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.