Flood — Greenbrier, West Virginia

2025-01-31 · near White Sulphur Spgs, Greenbrier, West Virginia

Event narrative

Dry Creek flooded out of its banks and across Tuckahoe Road. No damage was reported and the road was open to traffic after the flooding receded.

Wider weather episode

A deep low pressure system moved from the Four-Corners region east across the Gulf Coast states. This resulted in deep moisture flow riding a southwesterly 50-knot low level jet from the Gulf through the central Appalachians and the upper Ohio River Valley beginning early on the morning of the 31st, with precipitable water values rapidly increasing into the 1.1 to 1.2 inch range by sunrise across most of the lower Mid-Atlantic. These values are roughly two standard deviations above normal for late January. Snow cover prior to the event was confined to the higher terrain of western Greenbrier County into Pocahontas County, with snow-water equivalent totals ranging from 1.1 to 1.8 inches. Melt water from these locations would flow either into the Greenbrier River or the Meadow River. Steady rainfall entered southeast West Virginia around midnight Friday morning and, after a break, persisted through around 7 pm Friday evening before exiting to the east. Storm total rainfall amounts with this event ranged mainly from 1.75 to 2.50, though with locally higher and lower amounts. Multiples stream gages across southeast West Virginia were reporting flows in the Below Normal range of the 10th to 24th percentile of 28-day average streamflows prior to the arrival of rainfall, though soil moisture was in the normal range. D0: Abnormally Dry conditions were in place per the US Drought Monitor.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1232302. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.