Aug 28, 2023
A series of training thunderstorms produced extremely high rainfall across portions of Patrick and Carroll Counties during the predawn hours of August 28th. This resulted in areas of flash flooding, mainly in the headwaters of the Smith River and the Ararat River. ||The event began with a stationary front draped near the border of Virginia and North Carolina early on the 28th as an upper level disturbance began passing across the lower Great Lakes, placing the central Appalachians in an area of
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1129176). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Patrick County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.