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Flood — Surry, VA

Oct 10, 2016

The combination of a cold front moving through the Mid Atlantic and Post Tropical Cyclone Matthew tracking northeast just off the North Carolina and Virginia coasts, produced heavy rain which caused flooding across much of southeast Virginia from late Saturday afternoon, October 8th into Thursday afternoon, October 13th.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 664356). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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