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 →Persistent heavy thunderstorm rains on the 29th produced flash flooding from late morning through the evening.Heavy rain from southwest Tazewell County to central parts of the county caused numerous streams and creeks to flood. Numerous roads were closed with several washed out.
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 Roanoke River had minor flooding from the 20th to the 23rd. At Brookneal the river crested at 25.03 feet on the 21st at 0400, and at Randolph the river crested at 26.42 feet on the 21st at 2100.The Dan River flooding experienced up to major flooding from the 20th through…
Read the full account →The next event of hydrologic significance in July took place as a strong (for late July) cold front approached the Appalachians on the 27th. Rapid moisture return ahead of the front set the stage for widespread showers and thunderstorms across the mountains and eventually…
Read the full account →Unseasonably warm air, with afternoon temperatures reaching into the 60s and low 70s, and a surge of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico interacted with a slow moving cold front during the afternoon and evening hours of January 30th, resulting in strong low-topped showers and…
Read the full account →At 500 MB, a strong western Atlantic high pressure ridge and a deep low pressure trough over the High Plains were denoted at the surface by a slow-moving cold front over the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys.
Read the full account →At 500 MB, a strong western Atlantic high pressure ridge and a deep low pressure trough over the High Plains were denoted at the surface by a slow-moving cold front over the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys.
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 →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 →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 →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 →Tropical Cyclone Sandy moving northward well off the Mid Atlantic Coast then northwest into extreme southern New Jersey produced very strong northeast winds followed by very strong west or northwest winds.
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 →Tropical Cyclone Sandy moving northward well off the Mid Atlantic Coast then northwest into extreme southern New Jersey produced very strong northeast winds followed by very strong west or northwest winds.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall and frequent lightning moved across Northern Virginia during the afternoon of the 11th. Over 20,000 customers across Northern Virginia lost power as a direct result of the storms.
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 →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 portions of south central Virginia from Saturday night, October…
Read the full account →An intense thunderstorm dumped 3.44 inches of rain at Fetzer's Gap along North Mountain. The runoff caused Pugh's Run to overflow it's banks, as it rose 2 feet in less than an hour. The flash flood washed away sheds and claimed 3 automobiles.
Read the full account →Persistent heavy thunderstorm rains on the 29th produced flash flooding from late morning through the evening.Heavy rain from southwest Tazewell County to central parts of the county caused numerous streams and creeks to flood. Numerous roads were closed with several washed out.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms during the late evening of the 25th and the early morning of the 26th produced significant flash flooding in Pearisburg and especially in Pembroke in Giles County. In Pearisburg numerous roads were flooded with several washed away.
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 →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 →Tropical Cyclone Sandy moving northward well off the Mid Atlantic Coast then northwest into extreme southern New Jersey produced very strong northeast winds followed by very strong west or northwest winds.
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