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Flash Flood — Greene, VA

Mar 20, 1998

An area of deep low pressure over the southeastern U.S. moved slowly into the southern middle Atlantic region over a 24-hour period, then off the coast by evening of the 21st. The low, which entrained deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, aided in dumping storm total rainfall of 1 1/2 to 2 inches in the piedmont, with 2 to 3 inches in the Shenandoah Mountains and the Blue Ridge. The rain, falling onto saturated soil during a winter of wet weather, produced widespread small stream and creek f

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5632848). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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