Flash Flood — Preston, West Virginia

2025-07-27 · near Masontown, Preston, West Virginia

Event narrative

Report of a foot of water in a structure along Cherry Street.

Wider weather episode

Morning showers congealed into a cluster of thunderstorms along the Mason Dixon line in the early afternoon hours. A very moisture rich environment with mid 70s dew points, highly anomalous PWAT values up to 2.3, and 3000 J/kg MUCAPE resulted in flash flooding. Observed and radar estimated rainfall rates reached as high as 2 inches per hour and storm totals of 3-4 inches around urban areas.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (39.5497, -79.8012)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1282247. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.