Flood — Monroe, West Virginia

2020-02-06 to 2020-02-07 · near Red Sulphur Spgs, Monroe, West Virginia

Event narrative

Monroe County had flooding serious enough to warrant state of emergency declaration. Indian Creek at Red Sulphur Springs (INCW2) crested above flood stage of 8 feet at 12.01 feet on the evening of the 6th. This was the 3rd highest crest in the short period of record at this gage (since 2012). Several roads along Indian Creek were flooded.

Wider weather episode

A deep upper-level trough moved slowly across the central and eastern U.S. bringing abundant moisture northward and combined with a complex frontal boundary and several waves of low pressure to bring repeated rounds of heavy rainfall. Rainfall totals in a 72-hour period ending at 700 AM EST on February 7th ranged from 2 to 4 inches with isolated higher amounts, but most of the rain fell within a 48-hour period. Numerous NWS Cooperative stations reported record one-day February rainfall amounts ending on the morning of February 6th and/or 7th and numerous two-day all-time February records were also set. Some flash flooding occurred during the event as higher rates of rainfall occurred embedded within the overall rain pattern. A state of emergency was declared by the West Virginia Governor in Monroe and Greenbrier counties due to the flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 874773. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.