Sep 18, 2003
By 9 pm on September 18, a rain band associated with Isabel had set up over the Shenandoah Valley and showers were training southward into the Blue Ridge Mountains on the east side of Augusta County. The rain gauge located at Upper Sherando had recorded over 6 inches of rain and more was to come. County officials quickly began evacuations of homes downstream. In all 350 people in the South River area would be evacuated and 21 of those ended up being by boat. Water flowed down the Black Creek at
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5335672). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Nelson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.