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Flash Flood — Bath, VA

Jul 15, 2019

Training of thunderstorms produced 4 to locally 6 inches of rain over a short period of time during the evening of July 15th along a portion of Little Back Creek and a few of its associated tributaries in extreme western Bath County, VA. This resulted in flooding across both Little Back Creek Road and Mountain Valley Road around where they intersect one another, temporarily closing both roads. The annual recurrence interval for the rainfall from this event was estimated by radar to be at least

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 848017). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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