2,771 first-hand accounts of flood events in Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
The combination of a cold front moving through the Mid Atlantic and Post Tropical Cyclone Matthew tracking northeast just off the North Carolina and Virginia coasts, produced heavy rain which caused flooding across much of southeast Virginia from late Saturday afternoon, October…
Read the full account →The combination of a cold front moving through the Mid Atlantic and Post Tropical Cyclone Matthew tracking northeast just off the North Carolina and Virginia coasts, produced heavy rain which caused flooding across much of southeast Virginia from late Saturday afternoon, October…
Read the full account →A thunderstorm with very heavy rainfall moved through the Staunton area on the evening of the 8th. A spotter recorded 2.5 inches of rain on the west side of Staunton in only one hour. An unconfirmed report said up to 5 inches was recorded downtown by the end of the storm.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain from Hurricane Floyd produced widespread flooding and flash flooding across much of central and eastern Virginia, and northeast North Carolina.
Read the full account →Hurricane Floyd was a Category 1 hurricane as it crossed the Wakefield WFO county warning area. Sustained tropical storm force winds with gusts to near hurricane force occurred over the northwest quadrant of the storm over interior portions of northeast North Carolina and along…
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north through the area on the 3rd. Rain amounts were mostly around 2 to 4 tenths of an inch. Late afternoon and evening temperatures rose into the 40s and 50s. Winds and dew points also increased.
Read the full account →The evening of May 18th saw one of the more impressive flash flood events of the month as several strong to severe thunderstorms tracked across eastern Carroll County, VA.
Read the full account →Several waves of low pressure moved across the area as an upper level low closed off over the southeastern U.S. Signiifcant rainfall began early on April 22nd over far southwest Virginia and the rainfall persisted on and off over the next four days with mainly moderate rates…
Read the full account →A significant hydrologic event took place May 4-5 as an upper level low tracked across the Tennessee Valley and pushed a complex frontal system through the region overnight.
Read the full account →An unprecedented combination, in recent history, of unseasonably warm, humid air overriding a dense snowpack estimated between 12 and 18 inches (but up to 2 feet or more at higher elevations) caused nearly the entire pack to vanish in a 12-hour period.
Read the full account →By 9 pm on September 18, a rain band associated with Isabel had set up over the Shenandoah Valley and showers were training southward into the Blue Ridge Mountains on the east side of Augusta County.
Read the full account →Strong low pressure formed over the southern Plains on the 2nd of February and tracked into the Great Lakes pulling a cold front across the region by early on the 4th.
Read the full account →***River Flooding***High dewpoint temperatures melted most of the snow on the ground within 12 hours. The snow pack had a liquid equivalent between 2 to 3 inches.
Read the full account →The rapid runoff produced by the heavy rains from Fran caused substantial, damaging, and in some cases record river flooding across much of the northern Virginia watershed from late on the 6th until early on the 10th.
Read the full account →Heavy rains on the 18th and 19th caused moderate flooding along the New River.The New River at Galax crested 2 feet above flood stage at 8 pm on the 19th. At Radford, the river crested over five and a half feet above flood stage at 1215 am on the 20th.
Read the full account →An upper low became nearly stationary over the Ohio valley providing a favorable environment for showers to develop and track north across the area.
Read the full account →An upper low became nearly stationary over the Ohio valley providing a favorable environment for showers to develop and track north across the area.
Read the full account →As Hurricane Isabel weakened to a tropical storm, winds were sustained during the mid afternoon and early evening at up to 50 to 60 mph with gusts near 70 mph.
Read the full account →A mesoscale convective complex moved southeast and reached into southwest Virginia during the early evening hours on the 13th.||More thunderstorms formed during the overnight hours and moved southeast into Virginia during the predawn hours on the 14th.
Read the full account →One of the most high-impact flood/flash flooding episodes in recent years in the Blacksburg Hydrologic Service Area (HSA) developed over a several day period but culminated September 29th.
Read the full account →A slow moving upper level low pressure system moving across the Tennessee Valley triggered widespread showers and thunderstorms along the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and Virginia.
Read the full account →Very heavy rain from Hurricane Floyd produced widespread flooding and flash flooding across much of central and eastern Virginia, and northeast North Carolina.
Read the full account →Two day rain totals of 3 to 4.5 inches accumulated from the 14th into the 16th. Grundy had 4.3 inches, Hurley had 3.7 inches, and Clintwood measured 3.3 inches. Small streams flooded or washed out roads late on the 15th into the 16th. Mud slides occurred on steep slopes.
Read the full account →Four day rainfall totals of two to six inches were reported across southwest Virginia, with the highest amounts occurring in Wise and Lee counties.
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