Aug 12, 2013
A stationary front to a warm front remain draped across southern Virginia and southern West Virginia. This boundary combined with a persistent moist, unstable air mass across the region served as a focusing mechanism for scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorm development across the region once again. As had been the case much of the summer of 2013, heavy rain and flash flooding were once again the main concerns. Thunderstorms across southwest Virginia during the evening prompted several
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 475270). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Bland County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.