2,771 first-hand accounts of flood events in Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Heavy rain due to tropical moisture and enhanced lift around the Blue Ridge Mountains caused excess water to runoff into the south Fork of the Shenandoah River. This led to flooding around Waynesboro.
Read the full account →An anomalously moist tropical airmass resided over Virginia bringing numerous rounds of showers and thunderstorms. Thunderstorms trained over portions of central Virginia bringing rainfall amounts of two to locally six inches.
Read the full account →An anomalously moist tropical airmass resided over Virginia bringing numerous rounds of showers and thunderstorms. Thunderstorms trained over portions of central Virginia bringing rainfall amounts of two to locally six inches.
Read the full account →An anomalously moist tropical airmass resided over Virginia bringing numerous rounds of showers and thunderstorms. Thunderstorms trained over portions of central Virginia bringing rainfall amounts of two to locally six inches.
Read the full account →Afternoon convection again bubbled up over southwest Virginia in evening hours of the 12th with very heavy rains over the City of Galax, Grayson and Carroll counties where 2 to 3 inch rains fell. Several flooding reports were received.
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 →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 strong area of low pressure tracked from the mid MS River Valley on Jan 9th to the Northeast U.S. Jan 10th. A very strong pressure gradient ahead of the low pressure center resulted in a long period of strong SE winds gusting up to 52 mph that raised water levels to moderate…
Read the full account →An area of low pressure formed across a warm front along the Virginia/North Carolina border on May 13. Scattered storms formed across the Piedmont during the late afternoon and evening in a moist air mass. These storms produced locally heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure formed across a warm front along the Virginia/North Carolina border on May 13. Scattered storms formed across the Piedmont during the late afternoon and evening in a moist air mass. These storms produced locally heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure formed across a warm front along the Virginia/North Carolina border on May 13. Scattered storms formed across the Piedmont during the late afternoon and evening in a moist air mass. These storms produced locally heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding.
Read the full account →Abundant rain advanced north into the region in advance of an area of low pressure to the west while a frontal boundary remained draped over the region. An average of 2 to 5 inches of rain fell from this system onto an already saturated ground from recent snow melt and rainfall.
Read the full account →Abundant rain advanced north into the region in advance of an area of low pressure to the west while a frontal boundary remained draped over the region. An average of 2 to 5 inches of rain fell from this system onto an already saturated ground from recent snow melt and rainfall.
Read the full account →Abundant rain advanced north into the region in advance of an area of low pressure to the west while a frontal boundary remained draped over the region. An average of 2 to 5 inches of rain fell from this system onto an already saturated ground from recent snow melt and rainfall.
Read the full account →Abundant rain advanced north into the region in advance of an area of low pressure to the west while a frontal boundary remained draped over the region. An average of 2 to 5 inches of rain fell from this system onto an already saturated ground from recent snow melt and rainfall.
Read the full account →Abundant rain advanced north into the region in advance of an area of low pressure to the west while a frontal boundary remained draped over the region. An average of 2 to 5 inches of rain fell from this system onto an already saturated ground from recent snow melt and rainfall.
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 complex low pressure system situated over the Ohio Valley combined with another low forming off the southeast coast to bring abundant moisture into the area. A band of thunderstorms developed during the evening of March 12th and tracked northeast into Southwest VA.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening of the 8th produced flash flooding.Heavy thunderstorm rains flooded and closed Route 94 at Raketown, in addition 2 houses were reported to have been flooded.
Read the full account →A stationary front across south central Virginia lifted abundant tropical moisture into an area of moderate to heavy rain. In a small portion of the central Shenandoah Valley, rain totals exceeded 6 inches, causing flash flooding of area streams and creeks.
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