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Flash Flood — Martinsville (c), VA

Sep 24, 2024

A warm front was situated across central Virginia and North Carolina, while a stationary front was positioned across Kentucky and West Virginia, which kept a highly moist airmass over the region. Lift across the warm front and increasing instability via diurnal heating through the day resulted in an increase in coverage and intensity of storms. Some of the storms were severe producing damaging winds and large hail. One intense thunderstorm passed across the City of Martinsville, VA, with the he

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1218885). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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