2009.07.29
The rain train rolls into the Roanoke Valley
I wrote in today's Weather Journal column about how training effects -- heavy showers and storms moving over the same area repeatedly -- have focused heavy rainfall totals in narrow corridors while leaving others out several times this month. That's actually happening right now (click here for 1:15 p.m. radar shot), as a heavy band of rain takes aim on the Roanoke Valley, especially the southern half of it, and neighboring areas to the south and east. This band is aligned southwest to northeast and is moving northeast, so regions under the yellow color on radar stand to get an several minutes to an hour or more of moderate to heavy rainfall.
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It is pouring in south Roanoke County as I write this ... radar seems to show the heavy rain band widening some, so while the southern half of the Roanoke Valley stands to get the hardest rain for the longest time, don't be surprised to see downpours elsewhere in Roanoke County/Roanoke city/Salem ... the Franklin/Montgomery county line and northern Floyd County also seem to be under the streak of heaviest rain right now.
Comment by Kevin Myatt — July 29, 2009 @ 1:29 pm
Heavier rain now pushing east of Roanoke. I even see some blue sky. But there is more rain moving in west of Wytheville that will likely arrive in the Roanoke and New River valleys a little later.
The little creek close by where I live is wide and muddy again. But it looks like most rainfall amounts in the valley are about a third to a half inch over the last hour ... moderately heavy rain, I would call it.
http://www.afws.net/data/va/Roanoke.HTM
Comment by Kevin Myatt — July 29, 2009 @ 2:11 pm
It rains every single day!
Comment by Brandon R. — July 29, 2009 @ 8:43 pm