Flash Flood in Tucker County, West Virginia

Flash Flood June 27, 2018 – June 28, 2018 · Tucker County, West Virginia

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

County officials reported that several people, waiting for rescue, climbed onto the roofs of their houses due to flood water.

The wider storm

In the wake of morning rain, cloud breaks developed from Virginia into south central Pennsylvania during the afternoon. CAPE values climbed to near 1000 J/kg, despite poor mid-level lapse rates. Disturbances rotating around the southeastern periphery of a Great Lakes/upper Ohio Valley trough helped to increase low level flow and shear. This proved sufficient to allow afternoon storms to rotate.

One storm produced a weak EF0 tornado in Monongalia county off Kingwood Road. There were several trees uprooted and snapped. Five homes lost parts of their roof.

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms also produced flash flooding in Tucker County during the evening hours, mainly in the vicinity of Route 38 to the northwest of Parsons.

Began near St George (39.1900, -79.8200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Monongalia County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 770851. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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