Jul 28, 2022
A frontal boundary remained parked over the Central Appalachians on the last week of July, which kept southwest Virginia suseptible to heavy downpours from daily showers and thunderstorms for a prolonged period of time. Copious amounts of late evening rain on the 27th resulted in nighttime flash flooding in Dickenson County, where pockets of 2 to 4 inches fell. Local creeks and streams rose out of their banks early in the morning of July 28th and resulted in water on roadways and washing out sev
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1039766). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Dickenson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.