2009.05.15
Overnight rainfall produces some flooding
Many people got rumbles and rain last night. A few folks got extremely heavy rain, as thunderstorms "trained" or moved over the same locations repeatedly. The U.S. 460 corridor both west and east of Roanoke seemed to be a focus for this, with 2-plus inch rainfall amounts common both in the Christiansburg-Shawsville area and also around Bedford County and Lynchburg. A flood warning remains in effect until early afternoon for Salem, and western Roanoke County and central Montgomery County for some overflowing streams that feed into the Roanoke River. Below in the extended entry (click "Read More" in full blog mode) are a list of rainfall amounts through this morning from the National Weather Service.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
937 AM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009
...PRECIPITATION TOTALS...
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF UNOFFICIAL PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR A 15
HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 8 AM FRIDAY. THESE REPORTS ARE FROM A
COMBINATION OF SOURCES INCLUDING COOP OBSERVERS...IFLOWS GAGES...AND
ASOS AND HAVE NOT BEEN QUALITY CONTROLLED.
VIRGINIA
...ALLEGHANY COUNTY...
0.82 NICHOLLS KNOB IFLOWS
0.67 LOW MOOR IFLOWS
0.55 FORE MTN IFLOWS
0.52 COVINGTON FP COOP/IFLOWS
...APPOMATTOX COUNTY...
1.98 APPOMATTOX COOP
...BATH COUNTY...
0.94 BACK CREEK DCP AT SUNRISE
0.83 MILL CRK/CO LINE IFLOWS
0.80 WILLIAMSVILLE
0.72 YOST IFLOWS
0.60 CASSIDY BRIDGE IFLOWS
0.51 PUMP STORAGE IFLOWS
0.51 JACKSON RIVER NEAR BACOVA
...BEDFORD COUNTY...
1.57 HOLCOMB ROCK COOP
1.00 HUDDLESTON COOP
0.70 BEDFORD COOP
...BLAND COUNTY...
0.62 BLAND COOP
...BOTETOURT COUNTY...
1.66 TROUTVILLE IFLOWS
1.50 APPLE ORCHARD IFLOWS
1.46 DALEVILLE IFLOWS/USGS
1.26 SLOAN BRANCH IFLOWS
0.92 CARVIN CREEK IFLOWS
0.88 TINKER CREEK IFLOWS
0.65 BUCHANAN COOP
0.60 GLADE CREEK IFLOWS
0.59 BUCHANAN
0.56 LITHIA IFLOWS
...BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...
0.97 BUCKINGHAM COOP
...CITY OF ROANOKE...
1.32 ROANOKE R AT STP IFLOWS
1.04 ROANOKE R. AT WALNUT ST.
...CAMPBELL COUNTY...
2.28 LYNCHBURG AP (ASOS)
1.90 LYNCHBURG COOP
...CHARLOTTE COUNTY...
1.30 KEYSVILLE COOP
...CRAIG COUNTY...
1.19 UPPER JOHNS CREEK IFLOWS
1.03 SIMMONSVILLE IFLOWS
0.75 CRAIG CK/RTE 614 IFLOWS
0.52 ABBOTT IFLOWS
...FLOYD COUNTY...
0.66 WILLIS COOP
...FRANKLIN COUNTY...
2.13 GILLS CREEK NF IFLOWS
0.93 MAGGODEE CK IFLOWS
...GILES COUNTY...
1.16 MOUNTAIN LAKE BIO IFLOWS
0.67 DISMAL IFLOWS
0.64 BUTT MTN IFLOWS
...GRAYSON COUNTY...
0.64 WHITETOP MTN. IFLOWS
0.60 GRAYSON HIGHLAND IFLOWS
...HALIFAX COUNTY...
1.67 RANDOLPH
1.14 SOUTH BOSTON COOP
...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
2.81 SHAWSVILLE SG/IFLOWS
2.80 POOR MTN. IFLOWS
2.37 CHRISTIANSBURG 1S COOP
1.15 LAFAYETTE SG/IFLOWS
1.11 LAFAYETTE COOP
1.06 BLACKSBURG NWS
0.83 BLACKSBURG IFLOWS
0.72 IRONTO IFLOWS
...NELSON COUNTY...
0.80 MONTEBELLO FISH NURSERY
0.75 BENT CREEK
...PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY...
1.50 CHATHAM COOP
0.58 DANVILLE COOP
...PULASKI COUNTY...
0.78 RADFORD
0.75 RADFORD COOP
...ROANOKE COUNTY...
1.72 WITT`S ORCHARD IFLOWS
1.58 CRAWFORDS RIDGE IFLOWS
1.44 MILL MOUNTAIN IFLOWS
1.22 MASON CREEK IFLOWS
1.07 FORT LEWIS MTN IFLOWS
0.80 SUGARLOAF MTN IFLOWS
0.80 ROANOKE COOP
0.79 MASON COVE IFLOWS
0.76 ROANOKE AP (ASOS)
0.76 TINKER CREEK S. IFLOWS SG/RG
0.72 PETERS CREEK IFLOWS
0.68 SALEM PUMP STN IFLOWS
...ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY...
0.99 IRISH GAP IFLOWS
0.99 CALFPASTURE R. ABV MILL CK AT GOSHEN
0.91 VESUVIUS IFLOWS
0.76 BUENA VISTA COOP
0.64 NORTH MTN IFLOWS
0.60 GLASGOW COOP
0.52 CORNWALL IFLOWS
0.52 ROCKBRIDGE BATHS IFLW/USGS
WEST VIRGINA
...GREENBRIER COUNTY...
0.61 WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS COOP
...MONROE COUNTY...
0.86 ROCK CAMP
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I live in Christiansburg and woah the rain was awful last night. I usually don't get woken up by thunderstorms in the middle of the night, but this one was a doozy. I haven't heard rain fall as hard against my roof in a long time. Our flowers were destroyed by the rain last night. I had no idea that we got over 2 inches, but I am not surprised.
Comment by Bill — May 15, 2009 @ 11:02 am
John King of Christiansburg emailed me to say he had 3.1 inches of rain in his gauge this morning.
Comment by Kevin Myatt — May 15, 2009 @ 1:26 pm
Don't be surprised to see scattered localized downpours again this afternoon. Storms are beginning to pop up on radar to our south ... small, but locally heavy.
Comment by Kevin Myatt — May 15, 2009 @ 1:34 pm
Here's a photo of a mudslide in Christiansburg that a reader sent in:
http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/newrivernotebook/2009/05/15/photo-mudslide-in-christiansburg/
Comment by Dwayne Yancey — May 15, 2009 @ 3:43 pm
We hardly got anything is NE Floyd Co. - not even enough to register on the rain gauge. Looks like some areas that got hit early this a.m. are getting it again...
Comment by Julie — May 15, 2009 @ 4:36 pm
We never got a drop in Wytheville on Thursday or Friday.
Comment by Rick — May 15, 2009 @ 10:31 pm
The rain also likely opened up this sinkhole in Botetourt County:
http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/botetourtview/2009/05/15/sink-hole-at-botetourt-commons-on-the-way-to-carrington-place/
Comment by Dwayne Yancey — May 16, 2009 @ 12:06 am