Apr 19, 2019
An area of heavy rainfall with embedded thunderstorms developed across the mountains of southwest Virginia dropping 2 to 3.5 inches in the heaviest bands over several hours on the afternoon of the 19th. Some flash flooding was reported in Pulaski and Galax. In Pulaski the COOP site (PSKV2) had a 24-hour total of 3.28 inches (ending at 700 AM on April 20th), most of which fell during a 6- to 10-hour period from late morning to early evening of the 19th. For this site was the highest on record for
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 821314). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Galax (c) County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.