2,771 first-hand accounts of flood events in Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
During the afternoon of the 22nd, numerous showers and thunderstorms developed just east of the Appalachian Mountains. The storms trained to the North-Northeast along the mountain ridges before moving very slowly east through midnight.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of the 2nd produced damaging winds, flash flooding, hail up to 3 inches in diameter, and dangerous lightning.A woman in Roanoke was struck by lightning and injured while using the phone.Thunderstorm winds downed trees in…
Read the full account →During the morning of the 23rd heavy rain fell on top of already saturated ground from Hurricane Isabel which struck a few days before. This lead to widespread flooding of roads, waterways, and other low lying areas. In Loudoun County, up to 6 inches of rain fell in 4 hours.
Read the full account →As a meso-scale covective complex progressed out of KY into VA, significant training of thunderstorm cells occurred over Tazewell Co. 5.1 inches of rain were received in a 2 hour period between 22:30 PM EST 05/24/04 to 12:30 AM EST 05/25/04.
Read the full account →There was no substantial change in the setup conducive to heavy rainfall on the 11th with extremely high moisture (PWAT in excess of 2���), increasing afternoon instability and periodic impulses providing lift.
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →On the 25th of September, a powerful area of low pressure was located over the southeastern U.S. Several weak centers of low pressure formed over the Gulf Coast area from the 26th to 28th and pushed northeast along a stationary boundary bringing very high moisture from the Gulf…
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 wet period began early on the 4th as a complex series of disturbances lifted northeast through the Ohio Valley pushing a slow-moving cold front across the area.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system off the North Carolina coast coupled with an upper level cutoff low to dump intense rainfall across portions of southeast Virginia.
Read the full account →A strong closed upper level low pressure moved across the Ohio valley, producing a variety of extreme weather across southwest Virginia. In advance of this system,|strong southeast winds produced wind damage across the higher elevations.
Read the full account →With a persistent surface high pressure area centered off the Atlantic coast circulating warm and very moist air into the region, showers once again blossomed during the late afternoon of June 15th and into the early morning hours of the 16th, partially in response to an…
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance moved across the region in advance of an approaching cold front. This system helped to generate showers and storms across the area.
Read the full account →During the afternoon of the 22nd, numerous showers and thunderstorms developed just east of the Appalachian Mountains. The storms trained to the North-Northeast along the mountain ridges before moving very slowly east through midnight.
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 →Moderate to heavy rainfall late on the 18th and on the 19th resulted in flash flooding and small stream flooding. In addition, an isolated severe thunderstorm knocked down large tree limbs in Huddleston.Runoff from heavy rainfall resulted in numerous creeks and streams out of…
Read the full account →Heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms during the early morning hours on the 8th produced damaging winds and flash flooding.Thunderstorm winds knocked down power lines in Galax.
Read the full account →Moderate to heavy rainfall late on the 18th and on the 19th resulted in flash flooding and small stream flooding. In addition, an isolated severe thunderstorm knocked down large tree limbs in Huddleston.Runoff from heavy rainfall resulted in numerous creeks and streams out of…
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