Jan 28, 2024
An upper level low pressure system passed up the Ohio River Valley on the 28th, drawing an associated occluded front across the central Appalachians. Strong southerly windflow ahead of the front brought precipitable water values ranging from 1.1 to nearly 1.4 inches over northwest North Carolina, which is between 2 and 3 standard deviations above normal per NWS climatology data. This resulted in storm-total rainfall amounts across middle-Dan River basin of between 2 and 3 inches, falling acros
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1159868). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Rockingham County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.