2,771 first-hand accounts of flood events in Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Back-building, nearly stationary showers and thunderstorms developed over a portion of the central Shenandoah Valley during the evening of the 1st and persisted through the early morning hours of the 2nd.
Read the full account →Back-building, nearly stationary showers and thunderstorms developed over a portion of the central Shenandoah Valley during the evening of the 1st and persisted through the early morning hours of the 2nd.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall during the afternoon and evening hours on the 1st resulted in flash flooding.Runoff from rainfall resulted in several mudslides in Alleghany County, flooded several roads 5 miles north-northwest of Cave Spring, flooded roads and resulted in 4 to 5 inches of water…
Read the full account →Slowly developing low pressure off the southeast U.S. coast generated a prolonged period of moderate to heavy rains over much of northern Virginia for most of the day.
Read the full account →Slowly developing low pressure off the southeast U.S. coast generated a prolonged period of moderate to heavy rains over much of northern Virginia for most of the day.
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 →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 →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 →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 fairly intense and slow-moving nor'easter produced a large area of moderate to heavy rains across central and northeastern Virginia beginning late on the 27th and continuing through late afternoon on the 28th.
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 fairly intense and slow-moving nor'easter produced a large area of moderate to heavy rains across central and northeastern Virginia beginning late on the 27th and continuing through late afternoon on the 28th.
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 →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 →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 →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 →Moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall during the morning and early afternoon hours and snow melt resulted flash flooding and urban and small stream flooding.
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 →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 →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 →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 →The remnants of Hurricane Dennis moved across the northern half of Virginia from midday on the 4th through midday on the 6th. Its legacy included very heavy rain, especially in the Virginia Highlands and the Central and Southern Shenandoah Valley, and wind gusts in excess of 45…
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 →Heavy rains produced flash flooding during the morning and early afternoon of the 16th.An area of heavy rain caused flash flooding 3 miles east of Starkey, as well as in the town of Starkey in Roanoke County.
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