Aug 17, 2010
The period from August 17-19 became very active hydrologically as a frontal boundary stalled out across the region and a series of upper-air impulses helped to trigger fairly widespread convection. Forecasters recognizing this potentially very wet pattern issued a Flash Flood Watch the afternoon of the 17th. By early evening the same day, thunderstorms were training over Galax, VA and vicinity with rainfall amounts up to 1.5 to 2.5 inches in several hours. Maximum 24-hour rain gage totals endin
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 256594). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Grayson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.