Sep 9, 2023
An upper trough situated from the Great Lakes through the Tennessee Valley provided the instability to support very slow-moving showers and thunderstorms that drifted across the central Appalachians into the lower Mid-Atlantic. During the afternoon of the 9th, a surface trough had developed from Surry County, NC northward through Montgomery County, VA into southeast West Virginia, providing the low level convergence needed to support prolonged thunderstorm activity. A southerly wind flow carrie
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1132535). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Giles County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.