Aug 30, 2018
Strong storms with heavy rainfall developed in the late afternoon across parts of the New River Valley including Pulaski, Montgomery and the City of Radford. Water was reported over several roadways including on the Virginia Tech campus and over a dozen buildings on the Radford University campus that were flooded. Rain gage reports ending at 7 AM on the 31st included Radford 0.9 WNW CoCoRaHS (VA-RDC-1) 3.00���, Radford DCP (RDFV2) 2.55���, Blacksburg 0.4 N CoCoRaHS (VA-MN-6) and 2.44
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 780513). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Montgomery County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.