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The coastal storm -- mostly non-tropical, therefore unnamed -- that moved inland late this past week brought a good rain to still-very-needy Southwest Virginia. Most areas got 1-3 inches over a 3-day period, with some heavier amounts, particularly in higher elevation areas that benefitted from upslope wind flow that not only made the rain heavier but kept it going more continuously. If we could get this kind of rain every 10 days or so (with some of it being snow in winter) from now through spring, we could enter next summer with no drought worries at all. Roanoke Regional Airport tallied 1.17 inches of rain Thursday through Saturday, with the heaviest part of it falling before dawn Saturday. We're still more than an inch below normal for the month.

Below in the extended entry is a National Weather Service listing of rainfall amounts from around Southwest and Southside Virginia for a 3-day period ending this afternoon:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
501 PM EDT SUN SEP 28 2008

...PRECIPITATION TOTALS...

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF UNOFFICIAL PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR A 72
HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 3 PM SUNDAY. THESE REPORTS ARE FROM A
COMBINATION OF SOURCES INCLUDING COOP AND COCORAHS OBSERVERS...
IFLOWS GAGES...AND ASOS AND HAVE NOT BEEN QUALITY CONTROLLED.

VIRGINIA

...ALLEGHANY COUNTY...

2.12 WARM SPRINGS MTN IFLOWS
1.68 GATHRIGHT DAM
1.48 NICHOLLS KNOB IFLOWS
1.42 COVINGTON 4.1E COCORAHS
1.40 FORE MTN IFLOWS
1.35 EARLEHURST COOP
1.24 LOW MOOR IFLOWS
0.92 PETERS MTN IFLOWS
0.88 OGLE CREEK IFLOWS
0.88 RICH PATCH IFLOWS
0.59 DUNLAP CREEK DCP
0.44 COVINGTON FP COOP/IFLOWS

...AMHERST COUNTY...

1.10 PEDLAR DAM

...APPOMATTOX COUNTY...

2.51 STONEWALL SKYWARN SPOTTER
1.66 APPOMATTOX COOP

...BATH COUNTY...

2.24 TRAPPERS LODGE IFLOWS
2.16 INGALLS FIELD IFLOWS
1.90 HOT SPRINGS COOP
1.70 GATHRIGHT DAM DCP
1.60 JORDON TOP IFLOWS
1.48 DOUTHAT ST PK IFLOWS
1.39 LIME KILN RAWS
1.24 MILL CRK/CO LINE IFLOWS
1.24 YOST IFLOWS
1.16 CHESTNUT LEVELS IFLOWS
1.02 BACK CREEK DCP AT SUNRISE
0.88 JACKSON RIVER NEAR BACOVA
0.86 INGALLS FIELD AIRPORT

...BEDFORD COUNTY...

1.28 HUDDLESTON COOP
1.00 HOLCOMB ROCK COOP
1.00 GLASGOW 6.9SSE COCORAHS
0.97 MONETA 4.8S COCORAHS

...BLAND COUNTY...

1.63 BLAND COOP

...BOTETOURT COUNTY...

2.92 APPLE ORCHARD IFLOWS
1.84 TINKER CREEK IFLOWS
1.64 SLOAN BRANCH IFLOWS
1.48 CARVIN CREEK IFLOWS
1.44 DALEVILLE IFLOWS
1.40 TROUTVILLE IFLOWS
1.37 BUCHANAN COOP
1.32 BUCHANAN
1.32 LITHIA IFLOWS
1.28 GLADE CREEK IFLOWS
1.24 ORISKANY IFLOWS
1.08 NORTH FORK IFLOWS

...CITY OF LYNCHBURG...

1.09 LYNCHBURG 2.5SSW COCORAHS

...CITY OF DANVILLE...

1.82 DANVILLE ASOS

...CITY OF RADFORD...

0.53 RADFORD 0.9WNW COCORAHS

...CITY OF ROANOKE...

2.00 ROANOKE 3.2SW COCORAHS
1.40 ROANOKE R. AT WALNUT ST.
1.00 ROANOKE R AT STP IFLOWS

...CAMPBELL COUNTY...

0.91 BROOKNEAL COOP
0.86 LYNCHBURG AP (ASOS)
0.85 LYNCHBURG COOP

...CARROLL COUNTY...

3.28 PIPERS GAP ILFOWS
3.07 GALAX WATER PLANT COOP
2.56 FANCY GAP IFLOWS
1.96 BUFFALO MTN. IFLOWS
1.86 HILLSVILLE 8.9SE COCORAHS
1.76 GLADESBORO IFLOWS
1.48 WOODLAWN IFLOWS

...CHARLOTTE COUNTY...

1.10 KEYSVILLE COOP

...CRAIG COUNTY...

1.48 POTTS MTN. IFLOWS
1.40 SIMMONSVILLE IFLOWS
1.36 UPPER JOHNS CREEK IFLOWS
1.32 JOHNS CK/RTE 311 IFLOWS
1.16 CRAIGS CK/RTE 614 IFLOWS
1.12 ABBOTT IFLOWS
0.96 NEW CASTLE IFLOWS
0.85 CRAIG VALLEY RAWS NR. NEW CASTLE 2 NE

...FLOYD COUNTY...

2.96 COPPER HILL IFLOWS
2.63 COPPER HILL COOP
1.93 WILLIS DCP
1.92 MTN. VIEW CHURCH IFLOWS
1.32 WILLIS COOP

...FLUVANNA COUNTY...

2.48 BREMO BLUFF

...FRANKLIN COUNTY...

3.80 SIMMONDS GAP IFLOWS
2.83 MAGGODEE CK IFLOWS
2.56 ADNEY GAP IFLOWS
2.52 ROUTE 640/PIGG R. IFLOWS
2.32 SNOW CRK/RTE 632 IFLOWS
2.12 FERRUM IFLOWS
2.12 BLACKWATER/CALW IFLOWS
1.80 GILLS CREEK NF IFLOWS
1.72 ROCKY MOUNT/PIGG R. IFLOWS
0.52 ROCKY MOUNT COOP

...GILES COUNTY...

2.52 MOUNTAIN LAKE BIO IFLOWS
2.00 DISMAL
1.32 NORTH FORK IFLOWS
1.28 BUTT MTN IFLOWS
1.17 NEWPORT COCORAHS
1.08 SPRUCE RUN IFLOWS
1.00 WOLF CREEK IFLOWS
0.86 STAFFORDSVILLE COOP

...GRAYSON COUNTY...

3.36 FAIRWOOD IFLOWS
2.80 BETHEL IFLOWS
2.24 GRAYSON HIGHLAND IFLOWS
2.12 JONES KNOB IFLOWS
0.93 TROUTDALE DCP

...HALIFAX COUNTY...

1.41 SOUTH BOSTON COOP
1.06 RANDOLPH

...HENRY COUNTY...

2.72 JONES CREEK IFLOWS
2.40 BLACKBERRY BRDG IFLOWS
2.40 PROVIDENCE CH. IFLOWS
2.24 CHESTNUT KNOB IFLOWS
2.12 MT HERMON CHURCH IFLOWS
2.08 MARROWBONE RES. IFLOWS
2.04 MEADOWS CHURCH IFLOWS
2.00 RANGELEY BRANCH IFLOWS
1.88 PRILLIMAN IFLOWS
1.88 SANVILLE IFLOWS
1.88 MARTINSVILLE HYD ELEC IFLOWS
1.80 SMITH RIVER SG IFLOWS
1.76 LOWER SMITH IFLOWS
1.72 MARTINSVILLE FILTER COOP
1.64 BLACKBERRY CREEK IFLOWS
1.29 BLUE RIDGE AIRPORT

...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...

3.44 POOR MTN. IFLOWS
3.07 LAFAYETTE COOP
3.00 IRONTO IFLOWS
2.44 LAFAYETTE SG/IFLOWS
1.76 BRUSH MTN IFLOWS
1.52 SHAWSVILLE SG/IFLOWS
1.48 VA TECH AIRPORT
1.36 BLACKSBURG NWS
1.24 CHRISTIANSBURG 1S COOP
1.16 FALLING BRANCH IFLOWS
1.15 BLACKSBURG 0.4N COCORAHS
1.13 CHRISTIANSBURG 1.8SSW COCORAHS
1.12 BLACKSBURG IFLOWS
1.03 CHRISTIANSBURG 1.1ESE COCORAHS
1.02 CHRISTIANSBURG 1.7WNW COCORAHS

...NELSON COUNTY...

3.00 MONTEBELLO FISH NURSERY
1.32 BENT CREEK

...PATRICK COUNTY...

5.08 BUSTED ROCK #2 IFLOWS
4.40 CIRCLE M IFLOWS
4.00 SLATE MTN. IFLOWS
3.64 BUSTED ROCK #1 IFLOWS
3.08 CENTRAL ACADEMY IFLOWS
2.20 TROT VALLEY IFLOWS
2.01 WOOLWINE COOP
2.00 CRITZ IFLOWS
1.96 STUART COOP
1.84 RAVEN ROCK CHURCH IFLOWS
1.72 MEADOWS OF DAN COOP
1.36 WILLOW HILL CHRCH IFLOWS
0.76 DRY POND IFLOWS
0.72 SAMUEL GROVE CHURCH IFLOWS

...PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY...

1.50 DANVILLE COOP
0.28 CHATHAM COOP

...PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY...

0.65 FARMVILLE REGNL APT

...PULASKI COUNTY...

1.28 COVE MTN IFLOWS
1.16 CASEKNIFE STN IFLOWS
0.92 PEAK CREEK IFLOWS
0.80 BACK CREEK IFLOWS
0.76 NRV AP IFLOWS

...ROANOKE COUNTY...

3.68 FORT LEWIS MTN IFLOWS
3.15 CAVE SPRING 2.4SSW COCORAHS
3.08 SUGARLOAF MTN IFLOWS
2.04 MASON CREEK IFLOWS
1.92 SALEM PUMP STN IFLOWS
1.76 CRAWFORDS RIDGE IFLOWS
1.76 MILL MOUNTAIN IFLOWS
1.60 TINKER CREEK S. IFLOWS SG/RG
1.48 PETERS CREEK IFLOWS
1.44 MASON COVE IFLOWS
1.05 ROANOKE COOP

...ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY...

3.92 IRISH GAP IFLOWS
2.04 N. BUFFALO CRK IFLOWS
1.96 GLASGOW COOP
1.76 VESUVIUS IFLOWS
1.64 GLASGOW IFLOWS SG/RG
1.52 NORTH MTN IFLOWS
1.24 BUENA VISTA COOP
1.16 ROCKBRIDGE BATHS IFLW/USGS
0.96 BUENA VISTA RIVER
0.95 KERRS CREEK COOP
0.94 GOSHEN COOP
0.92 BUFFALO CK AT MURAT IFLOWS SG/RG
0.74 BUENA VISTA 6.3NNE COCORAHS
0.56 CORNWALL IFLOWS
0.52 CALFPASTURE R. ABV MILL CK AT GOSHEN

...SMYTH COUNTY...

1.96 CAMP IFLOWS
1.72 MOUNT ROGERS
1.46 MARION TVA RG
1.36 NEBO IFLOWS
1.20 LITTLE BRUSHY IFLOWS
1.04 MT EMPIRE AIRPORT
0.96 MF HOLSTON R. AT SEVEN MILE FORD IFLW/USGS
0.92 SALTVILLE COOP
0.81 SALTVILLE PRECIP (TVA)
0.80 WALKER HOUSE IFLOWS
0.64 EMPIRE AIRPORT

...TAZEWELL COUNTY...

2.16 GRATTON IFLOWS
1.88 EAST RIVER MTN IFLOWS
1.65 BURKES GARDEN COOP
1.60 SPRINGVILLE IFLOWS
1.44 RICHLANDS COOP
1.20 STONY RIDGE IFLOWS
1.08 XMAS TREE HILL IFLOWS
1.04 BLUESTONE IFLOWS
0.88 JEWELL RIDGE IFLOWS
0.80 CUMBERLAND HTS IFLOWS
0.68 WHITAKER RIDGE IFLOWS
0.60 RICHLANDS PRECIP (TVA)
0.51 TAZEWELL RAIN GAGE (TVA)

...WASHINGTON COUNTY...

0.40 VA HIGHLANDS AIRPORT

...WYTHE COUNTY...

1.66 WYTHEVILLE COOP
1.60 CEDAR SPRINGS IFLOWS
1.40 2WAY WYTHEVILLE
1.36 WALKER LOOKOUT
1.28 CRAWFISH VALLEY IFLOWS
1.24 SAND MTN IFLOWS