After several weeks of very wet weather, the ground across the region was already quite saturated due to recent flooding. This made the region susceptible to additional flooding.||An unusually strong area of low pressure for late June moved from central Pennsylvania…
Read the full account →An upper level high centered over New Mexico continued to dominate the weather pattern. Ample moisture in place provided for a 'recycle' mode pattern.
Read the full account →A deep southerly flow over Colorado, ahead of a near stationary low pressure system over the Great Basin, pumped copious amounts of monsoonal moisture into the area. In addition, a weak stationary front stretched along the Front Range Foothills and Palmer Divide.
Read the full account →The approach of low pressure aloft triggered numerous thunderstorms from the 30th into the early morning hours of the 31st. Tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, and flash flooding occurred. The flooding killed six people, and the tornadoes killed one.
Read the full account →A powerful winter storm moved east across the central Arizona deserts on the 8th of March, and the associated cold front passed over the area during the afternoon hours bringing gusty winds in excess of 50 mph, locally heavy rain and small to moderate hail.
Read the full account →The synoptic pattern during the most of the first week of July was favorable for heavy precipitation as the Blacksburg Hydrologic Service Area (HSA) remained within a mean upper trough between two very strong ridges over the western U.S. and over the western Atlantic.
Read the full account →The synoptic pattern during the most of the first week of July was favorable for heavy precipitation as the Blacksburg Hydrologic Service Area (HSA) remained within a mean upper trough between two very strong ridges over the western U.S. and over the western Atlantic.
Read the full account →A strong system moved through the region January 12th, bringing widespread rainfall to northern Indiana, along with a few thunderstorms. Rainfall amounts varied from three quarters of an inch in northwestern Indiana to one and one half to almost three inches along and east of…
Read the full account →Prolonged flow from the Gulf of Mexico produced a deep moist layer at the surface with precipitable water values two standard deviations above the mean on area soundings.
Read the full account →Prolonged flow from the Gulf of Mexico produced a deep moist layer at the surface with precipitable water values two standard deviations above the mean on area soundings.
Read the full account →A slow-moving upper level trough of low pressure moved from the Rockies into the Plains on the 23rd and 24th. Very moist and slightly unstable air was in place across the Southern Plains ahead of this system.
Read the full account →A slow-moving upper level trough of low pressure moved from the Rockies into the Plains on the 23rd and 24th. Very moist and slightly unstable air was in place across the Southern Plains ahead of this system.
Read the full account →High pressure building over the western plains sent the remnant moisture of Hurricane Odile, which had passed over the region a few days earlier, back into far west Texas. A weak upper trough was moving into the southwestern U.S.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance provided enough lift to generate scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoons of July 8th and 9th. Damaging wind was the primary severe weather occurrence, but a few storms also produced quarter sized hail and caused localized flash…
Read the full account →A warm front and a dry line combined to produce another round of severe weather across the region. Three tornadoes occurred on April 29th producing relatively minor damage equivalent to EF-0 damage.
Read the full account →A strong coastal low pressure system moved ashore over Eastern North Carolina during the early morning hours of April 25th. This storm produced strong gusty winds, and led to several flash flood events and significant river flooding.
Read the full account →Another round of late May storms produced very strong winds and damaging hail to central Kansas on both the 26th and 27th. Very large hail up to baseball size was noted along with a significant amount of flooding due to the heavy rains.
Read the full account →Widespread flash flooding took place during the afternoon and evening hours of April 6th. While the flash flooding receded across the region overnight, ditches were still flooded the following day on April 7th.
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 flash flooding across northeast North Carolina from Saturday evening, October…
Read the full account →Moisture returning to eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during the afternoon on June 20th allowed for the development of scattered thunderstorms. The thunderstorms were responsible for mainly large hail across the area, but some strong winds were reported as well.
Read the full account →Post Tropical Storm Sandy was the costliest natural disaster in Southeast New York.||Tropical Storm Sandy formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Sandy formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22. After drifting slowly southwest on October 23, Sandy turned to the north and intensified to a hurricane on October 24, just before making landfall in Jamaica.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Sandy formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22. After drifting slowly southwest on October 23, Sandy turned to the north and intensified to a hurricane on October 24, just before making landfall in Jamaica.
Read the full account →Post Tropical Storm Sandy was the costliest natural disaster in Southeast New York.||Tropical Storm Sandy formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22.
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