2,771 first-hand accounts of flood events in Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda were located well offshore of the Eastern Seaboard on October 1, with high pressure over the Great Lakes and southern Canada. The combination of elevated winds and long-period swell led to coastal flooding.
Read the full account →Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda were located well offshore of the Eastern Seaboard on October 1, with high pressure over the Great Lakes and southern Canada. The combination of elevated winds and long-period swell led to coastal flooding.
Read the full account →Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda were located well offshore of the Eastern Seaboard on October 1, with high pressure over the Great Lakes and southern Canada. The combination of elevated winds and long-period swell led to coastal flooding.
Read the full account →Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda were located well offshore of the Eastern Seaboard on October 1, with high pressure over the Great Lakes and southern Canada. The combination of elevated winds and long-period swell led to coastal flooding.
Read the full account →Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda were located well offshore of the Eastern Seaboard on October 1, with high pressure over the Great Lakes and southern Canada. The combination of elevated winds and long-period swell led to coastal flooding.
Read the full account →Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda were located well offshore of the Eastern Seaboard on October 1, with high pressure over the Great Lakes and southern Canada. The combination of elevated winds and long-period swell led to coastal flooding.
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 →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 →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 →Hurricane Irene tracked up the Mid-Atlantic Coast during the evening hours of the 27th through the early morning hours of the 28th. Irene passed by just to the east of Ocean City, Maryland during the early morning hours of the 28th.
Read the full account →Hurricane Irene tracked up the Mid-Atlantic Coast during the evening hours of the 27th through the early morning hours of the 28th. Irene passed by just to the east of Ocean City, Maryland during the early morning hours of the 28th.
Read the full account →A surface low formed along a stationary front across central Virginia during the evening of June 8. This low moved east overnight into the early morning hours of June 9.
Read the full account →A surface low formed along a stationary front across central Virginia during the evening of June 8. This low moved east overnight into the early morning hours of June 9.
Read the full account →Pulse thunderstorms developed with afternoon heating across portions of southeast West Virginia and central Virginia. Upper level winds aloft were light, resulting in slow movement of these storms.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall during the early morning hours on the 16th resulted in flash flooding in most of Bland, Giles, and Pulaski Counties, and in the eastern portion of Tazewell County.
Read the full account →Unseasonably warm and humid air plus developing low pressure over the Ohio Valley produced bands of heavy rain across much of the Shenandoah Valley.
Read the full account →A powerful nor'easter, carrying copious moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, dumped between 2 and 4 inches of rain, with up to 5 1/2 inches at some higher elevations in the Blue Ridge, onto already saturated soil from previous events.
Read the full account →An area of deep low pressure over the southeastern U.S. moved slowly into the southern middle Atlantic region over a 24-hour period, then off the coast by evening of the 21st.
Read the full account →Intensifying low pressure, containing abundant moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, moved along the Appalachian Mountains during the late morning and afternoon of the 17th.
Read the full account →An area of deep low pressure over the southeastern U.S. moved slowly into the southern middle Atlantic region over a 24-hour period, then off the coast by evening of the 21st.
Read the full account →An area of deep low pressure over the southeastern U.S. moved slowly into the southern middle Atlantic region over a 24-hour period, then off the coast by evening of the 21st.
Read the full account →An area of deep low pressure over the southeastern U.S. moved slowly into the southern middle Atlantic region over a 24-hour period, then off the coast by evening of the 21st.
Read the full account →A powerful nor'easter, carrying copious moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, dumped between 2 and 4 inches of rain, with up to 5 1/2 inches at some higher elevations in the Blue Ridge, onto already saturated soil from previous events.
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