Flash Flood — Wirt, West Virginia

2025-08-13 · near Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia

Event narrative

Flooded roads were observed in the town of Elizabeth.

Wider weather episode

Scattered showers and thunderstorms blossomed across the area on the 13th of August as a cold front slowly approached from the northwest. The front eventually reached the Ohio River around midnight and then proceeded southeast through West Virginia by the afternoon of the 14th.

In addition to producing heavy downpours, thunderstorms began training across portions of southeast Ohio and southwest West Virginia during this timeframe. These heavy showers and storms produced one to two inches of rain across much of northeastern West Virginia, with pockets of two to four inches prompting some flash flooding in Wood, Wirt, and Roane Counties during the afternoon and evening. Down towards the I-64 corridor, training storms produced a swath of two to five inch rainfall amounts across portions of Cabell County, which resulted in street flooding in Huntington during the night. Flooding came to an end as precipitation shifted south and then tapered off before daybreak on the 14th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1278094. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.