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• North Fork Mountain

  … and a virgin red spruce forest. Many globally rare plants are present in these unique habitats, cold and dry, which result from high elevations, windswept sandstone cliffs, and the area’s location in a ‘‘rain shadow’’ of low annual precipitation.

• Northwestern Virginia Turnpike

  … delivery service. Nonetheless, problems typical of 19th-century roads plagued the turnpike. For example, the damage caused by rains and spring flooding required constant repair. In spite of increasing competition from the railroad, the turnpike operated at …

• Meadow River Lumber Company

  During the first decade of the 1900s, brothers Thomas and John Raine incorporated the Meadow River Lumber Company and purchased 32,000 … wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1976, and a 20-mile railroad. Thomas Raine was president of the company until 1912, when John …

• Otter Creek Wilderness Area

  … , and Norway Spruce trees were once planted in an attempt to replace the harvested timber. The area receives more than 55 inches of precipitation each year, with heavy rains and deep snows not unusual. Frost may occur during any month of the year.

• Potomac Highlands

  … western slopes receive an annual rainfall of as much as 70 inches, but many parts of the Potomac Highlands lie within the ‘‘rain shadow’’ east of the Alleghenies. In the South Branch Valley rainfalls of 30 to 35 inches yearly are typical. Archeological …

• Rainelle

  … "Meadow River Lumber Company":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1749 about 1910. It was named for Thomas and John Raine, the company founders. Rainelle was a model lumber town. Its sturdy frame houses, built of the company’s hardwoods, …

• Morel

  When the blue violets bloom and the dandelions go to seed, morels, an edible spring mushroom, are in season. A warm rain spurs their growth. In parts of West Virginia morels are known as ‘‘molly moochers’’ and ‘‘dry-land fish.’’ Other common names include …

• Flood Control

  … ’s rich soil and lush forests, increasing the risk of heavy rains causing "floods":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2200 in … to allow the dams to catch the run-off from the heavy rains of spring. Thus the lake waters rise to summer levels, …

• Flood of 1985

  … north to southern West Virginia. This rain continued to strengthen while shifting northeast … eastern slopes of the Appalachians augmented rain totals. These factors kept the heavy … took place overnight. After midnight, the rain became lighter, but by then, …

• Floods

  … deaths. A storm system moving east brought downpours to the region on June 23, with Nicholas County receiving up to 5 inches of rain, and Greenbrier nine inches, in a single day. Water overflowing Summit Lake Dam flooded Richwood, while Howard’s Creek in …

• Filmmaking

  … /articles/2017_, filmed entirely in Moundsville and also based on a Grubb novel. Francis Ford Coppola filmed one scene for _The Rain People_ (1969) at a Grafton drive-in movie theater. Clyde Ware, who wrote for the TV series _Gunsmoke_, _Rawhide_, and …

• Flood of 1937

  … foot deep.” Yet the Ohio could become a torrent after a heavy rain or sudden thaw. January 1937 was unusually warm. Melting snow and 19 straight days of rain combined to create the right conditions for flooding along the Ohio’s …

• Derecho of 2012

  … east. It reached West Virginia at about 6 p.m. and moved across the state at about 70 miles per hour. The storm brought some rain, but it was the wind that proved the most damaging. Wind speeds reached 78 miles per hour in Charleston, 66 miles per hour in …

• Snowstorm of October 2012

  … as a cold front moved east. Light rain changed to the first snowflakes on October … of central West Virginia. Heading north, the rain took longer to change to wet … around Elkins and Buckhannon. Heading west, the rain continued well through the evening hours. …

• West Virginia Botanic Garden

  … that, grasses, sedges, and rushes grew there, with occasional small pools of water forming during periods of heavy rain. A group of volunteers led by a West Virginia University professor George Longenecker formed West Virginia Botanic Garden, Inc. in …

• Greenbrier Classic

  … winners were Kevin Na (2018) and Joaquín Niemann (2019). On June 23, 2016, Greenbrier County received nine inches of rain in one day, leading to widespread flooding of both communities and the Old White course. Without time to repair the course before …

• Snowstorm of January 1978

  … would eventually mix with sleet and freezing rain. Those expectations were realized over the … bulk of its precipitation fell as rain. The rain and high winds caused rapid … the single digits and teens. Despite the rain, January 1978 was the snowiest month …

• Flood of 1916

  … a storm front from the northwest dumped nearly six inches of rain in less than five hours on the headwaters of Cabin … high water events, but the August flood was exceptional. Heavy rain from the storm that struck Cabin Creek also produced damaging …