Feb 10, 2018
A frontal system was draped across the central Appalachians on the 10th and 11th. As waves moved along the front, periods of heavy rainfall moved across Southwestern Virginia. Rainfall started during the morning of the 10th, with the heaviest rain from late afternoon overnight into the 11th. Three to four inches of rain fell over the 24 hour period, which lead to widespread flooding from the afternoon of the 10th, into the 11th. The cooperative observer at Nora in Dickenson County measured 4.04
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 730283). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Buchanan County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.