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Flash Flood — Carroll, VA

Jul 15, 2023

A trough of low pressure was situated from Buckingham County, VA southeast through Alleghany County, NC during the evening of the 15th, while a cold front was advancing eastward across the mountains. A wave of low pressure passing along the front over western North Carolina served to increase low level winds into the 20 kt-25 kt range from the south, tapping into deep moisture. By 8 pm EDT, precipitable water values across Campbell and Appomattox Counties had risen as high as 2.1 inches, whic

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1125465). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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