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Virginia Flood Stories

2,771 first-hand accounts of flood events in Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood

Pittsylvania, VA · Jun 17, 2020

A broad closed upper low drifted across South Carolina and northwest back into southwest Virginia and West Virginia bringing persistent rainfall that eventually led to flooding.

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Flash Flood

Pittsylvania, VA · Jun 17, 2020

A broad closed upper low drifted across South Carolina and northwest back into southwest Virginia and West Virginia bringing persistent rainfall that eventually led to flooding.

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Flash Flood

Pittsylvania, VA · Jun 17, 2020

A broad closed upper low drifted across South Carolina and northwest back into southwest Virginia and West Virginia bringing persistent rainfall that eventually led to flooding.

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Flash Flood

Halifax, VA · Jun 17, 2020

A broad closed upper low drifted across South Carolina and northwest back into southwest Virginia and West Virginia bringing persistent rainfall that eventually led to flooding.

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Flash Flood

Halifax, VA · Jun 17, 2020

A broad closed upper low drifted across South Carolina and northwest back into southwest Virginia and West Virginia bringing persistent rainfall that eventually led to flooding.

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Flash Flood

Covington (c), VA · Jun 17, 2020

A broad closed upper low drifted across South Carolina and northwest back into southwest Virginia and West Virginia bringing persistent rainfall that eventually led to flooding.

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Flash Flood

Alleghany, VA · Jun 17, 2020

A broad closed upper low drifted across South Carolina and northwest back into southwest Virginia and West Virginia bringing persistent rainfall that eventually led to flooding.

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Flash Flood

Franklin, VA · Jun 19, 2020

A broad closed upper low drifted across South Carolina and northwest back into southwest Virginia and West Virginia bringing persistent rainfall that eventually led to flooding.

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Flash Flood

Halifax, VA · Jun 19, 2020

A broad closed upper low drifted across South Carolina and northwest back into southwest Virginia and West Virginia bringing persistent rainfall that eventually led to flooding.

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Flash Flood

Alleghany, VA · Jun 19, 2020

A broad closed upper low drifted across South Carolina and northwest back into southwest Virginia and West Virginia bringing persistent rainfall that eventually led to flooding.

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Halifax, VA · Jan 24, 2017

A powerful upper low developed over the south central states late on January 21st with an intense surface low tracking from Arkansas to the northern mid-Atlantic coast over the next few days.

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Charlotte, VA · Jan 24, 2017

A powerful upper low developed over the south central states late on January 21st with an intense surface low tracking from Arkansas to the northern mid-Atlantic coast over the next few days.

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Halifax, VA · Jan 24, 2017

A powerful upper low developed over the south central states late on January 21st with an intense surface low tracking from Arkansas to the northern mid-Atlantic coast over the next few days.

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Salem (c), VA · Jan 23, 2017

A powerful upper low developed over the south central states late on January 21st with an intense surface low tracking from Arkansas to the northern mid-Atlantic coast over the next few days.

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Salem (c), VA · Jan 23, 2017

A powerful upper low developed over the south central states late on January 21st with an intense surface low tracking from Arkansas to the northern mid-Atlantic coast over the next few days.

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Roanoke (c), VA · Jan 23, 2017

A powerful upper low developed over the south central states late on January 21st with an intense surface low tracking from Arkansas to the northern mid-Atlantic coast over the next few days.

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Scott, VA · Apr 23, 2017

A 500 MB trough of low pressure moved into the central plains on the 20th and 21st, and was associated with a surface front moving southeastward from the Ohio Valley into eastern Kentucky and middle Tennessee.

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Danville (c), VA · Apr 24, 2017

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…

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Wythe, VA · Apr 24, 2017

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…

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Wise, VA · Apr 22, 2017

A 500 MB trough of low pressure moved into the central plains on the 20th and 21st, and was associated with a surface front moving southeastward from the Ohio Valley into eastern Kentucky and middle Tennessee.

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Russell, VA · Apr 23, 2017

A 500 MB trough of low pressure moved into the central plains on the 20th and 21st, and was associated with a surface front moving southeastward from the Ohio Valley into eastern Kentucky and middle Tennessee.

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Montgomery, VA · Apr 24, 2017

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…

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Pittsylvania, VA · Jun 16, 2017

With a persistent surface high pressure area centered off the Atlantic coast circulating warm and very moist air into the region, showers once again blossomed during the late afternoon of June 15th and into the early morning hours of the 16th, partially in response to an…

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Pittsylvania, VA · Apr 24, 2017

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…

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