2,771 first-hand accounts of flood events in Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →A deep low pressure system drew warm and moist air into western Virginia from the Gulf of Mexico, and produced rounds of light to occasionally moderate rainfall across Smyth County over a 3-day period, with the most substantial rainfall occurring on February 24th.
Read the full account →Tropical moisture was forced northward from the Gulf of Mexico on May 23rd, overrunning a cold front draped across central North Carolina. High pressure extended southward across the Mid-Atlantic, wedged against the eastern face of the Appalachian chain, resulting in upslope…
Read the full account →Tropical moisture was forced northward from the Gulf of Mexico on May 23rd, overrunning a cold front draped across central North Carolina. High pressure extended southward across the Mid-Atlantic, wedged against the eastern face of the Appalachian chain, resulting in upslope…
Read the full account →High pressure was established across the lower Mid-Atlantic during the evening of August 25th, allowing for only widely-scattered showers and thunderstorm development, mainly confined along and west of the Blue Ridge.
Read the full account →High pressure was established across the lower Mid-Atlantic during the evening of August 25th, allowing for only widely-scattered showers and thunderstorm development, mainly confined along and west of the Blue Ridge.
Read the full account →A warm front, drifting northward from the Carolinas across the lower Mid-Atlantic, triggered scattered thunderstorms with heavy rain. Strong heating during the afternoon supported surface-based CAPE values rising into the 2,000 to 2,500 J/Kg range, while precipitable water…
Read the full account →A frontal boundary remained parked over the Central Appalachians on the last week of July, which kept southwest Virginia suseptible to heavy downpours from daily showers and thunderstorms for a prolonged period of time.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance passing along a stationary front draped across the lower Mid-Atlantic region triggered spotty thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of July 31st.
Read the full account →Hurricane Irene was an intensifying Category 1 hurricane at the time of closest approach to the Wakefield county warning area during the overnight hours of Monday October 18th.
Read the full account →Hurricane Irene was an intensifying Category 1 hurricane at the time of closest approach to the Wakefield county warning area during the overnight hours of Monday October 18th.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna affected much of central and eastern Virginia during Saturday, September 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from around one inch to just below five inches.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna affected much of central and eastern Virginia during Saturday, September 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from around one inch to just below five inches.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna affected much of central and eastern Virginia during Saturday, September 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from around one inch to just below five inches.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Hanna affected much of central and eastern Virginia during Saturday, September 6th. Storm total rainfall ranged from around one inch to just below five inches.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front combined with a highly unstable atmosphere along with tropical moisture to produce slow moving thunderstorms with heavy rainfall. Some of these storms trained over the same areas, resulting in scattered to numerous instances of flash flooding.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front combined with a highly unstable atmosphere along with tropical moisture to produce slow moving thunderstorms with heavy rainfall. Some of these storms trained over the same areas, resulting in scattered to numerous instances of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Persistent thunderstorms, containing torrential rainfall, caused widespread flash flooding over southwestern Rockingham Co during the overnight hours on the 26th.
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