Jun 16, 2017
With a persistent surface high pressure area centered off the Atlantic coast circulating warm and very moist air into the region, showers once again blossomed during the late afternoon of June 15th and into the early morning hours of the 16th, partially in response to an approaching upper trough. Radar estimated rainfall amounts ranged from 2 to 4 inches across parts of Grayson, Henry, Pittsylvania, Amherst and Halifax counties most of which fell in about a 1 to 3 hour period under the most inte
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 709372). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Pittsylvania County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.