2,771 first-hand accounts of flood events in Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A deep upper-level trough moved slowly across the central and eastern U.S. drawing abundant moisture northward. At the same time, a complex frontal boundary with several waves of low pressure brought repeated rounds of heavy rainfall to the region.
Read the full account →Hurricane Florence made landfall on the far southeast North Carolina coast on September 14th and tracked very slowly across South Carolina before slowly re-curving across far western North Carolina and southwest Virginia as Tropical Depression and on into the Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →Hurricane Florence made landfall on the far southeast North Carolina coast on September 14th and tracked very slowly across South Carolina before slowly re-curving across far western North Carolina and southwest Virginia as Tropical Depression and on into the Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →One of the most high-impact flood/flash flooding episodes in recent years in the Blacksburg Hydrologic Service Area (HSA) developed over a several day period but culminated September 29th.
Read the full account →A slow moving upper level trough moving through the area, combined with weak steering flow aloft, and ample heat and humidity allowed for numerous slow-moving severe thunderstorms to develop across Virginia, bringing large and damaging hail and severe wind gusts.
Read the full account →High pressure was established over New England, which extended southward across the lower Mid-Atlantic in a wedging pattern, with east windflow observed across Virginia and northern North Carolina.
Read the full account →Hurricane Michael made landfall along the Florida panhandle as major hurricane (Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale) on Wednesday afternoon, October 10th, 2018, then tracked northeastward with the northern portion of the storm circulation tracking across portions of…
Read the full account →Hurricane Florence made landfall on the far southeast North Carolina coast on September 14th and tracked very slowly across South Carolina before slowly re-curving across far western North Carolina and southwest Virginia as Tropical Depression and on into the Ohio Valley.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall developed across portions of the southern Appalachian mountains as clearing ahead of a slow-moving surface low over the Cumberland Gap allowed instabilities to rise into the 2000 J/Kg range along with good upper divergence.
Read the full account →A broken line of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front extending from a low pressure system over the eastern Great Lakes through the mid-Mississippi River Valley.
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 →One of the most high-impact flood/flash flooding episodes in recent years in the Blacksburg Hydrologic Service Area (HSA) developed over a several day period but culminated September 29th.
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 much of southeast Virginia from late Saturday afternoon, October…
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 much of southeast Virginia from late Saturday afternoon, October…
Read the full account →Widely scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of June 11th in an environment of strong afternoon heating as temperatures warmed into the low to mid 80s ahead of a backdoor cold front draped across northern Virginia.
Read the full account →A slow-moving series of localized thunderstorms produced intense rainfall in excess of 11 inches during a 3- to 4-hour period of time during the evening of July 24th, 2021, which is an exceedingly rare event.
Read the full account →Widely scattered thunderstorms developed in an environment of strong daytime heating on August 19th, allowing for deep instability as surface-based CAPE values were observed to be in the 1,500 to 2,500 J/Kg range during the evening for areas mostly along and east of the Blue…
Read the full account →Hurricane Michael made landfall along the Florida panhandle as major hurricane (Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale) on Wednesday afternoon, October 10th, 2018, then tracked northeastward with the northern portion of the storm circulation tracking across portions of…
Read the full account →Hurricane Michael made landfall along the Florida panhandle as major hurricane (Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale) on Wednesday afternoon, October 10th, 2018, then tracked northeastward with the northern portion of the storm circulation tracking across portions of…
Read the full account →An upper-level low became cut-off over the southern Appalachian region for several days leading to persistent rainfall and eventually some flooding.
Read the full account →Upper level low pressure was centered over Hudson Bay to start the day on the 13th, with generally zonal west to east flow from the central Plains through the Mid-Atlantic. A slow-moving cold front was draped across the Ohio River Valley.
Read the full account →Several waves of low pressure moved across the area as an upper level low closed off over the southeastern U.S. Signiifcant rainfall began early on April 22nd over far southwest Virginia and the rainfall persisted on and off over the next four days with mainly moderate rates…
Read the full account →An upper-level low became cut-off over the southern Appalachian region for several days leading to persistent rainfall and eventually some flooding.
Read the full account →Hurricane Florence made landfall on the far southeast North Carolina coast on September 14th and tracked very slowly across South Carolina before slowly re-curving across far western North Carolina and southwest Virginia as Tropical Depression and on into the Ohio Valley.
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