The final tally on Wednesday-Thursday rainfall
Below (in extended entry; click “Read More” if you are looking at the full blog) is a listing of 24-hour rainfall amounts, through 11 a.m. reported to the National Weather Service in Blacksburg from the rain that moved through the area Wednesday into this morning. The core of the heaviest rain was along and east of the Blue Ridge, especially along the U.S. 220 corridor from Martinsville to Roanoke and then north along I-55 to Rockbridge County, and points east. Rain amounts dropped off pretty fast going west — only .59 at the National Weather Service office in Blacksburg, for instance, compared to 2.71 inches at Roanoke Regional Airport. All flash flood watches and warnings have expired for Southwest Virginia, and beyond a few scattered light showers this afternoon and evening primarily west of Roanoke, no more rain is expected until Sunday evening at the earliest.
And remember that much of the area got significant rainfall earlier this week, too — those amounts. for a 72-hour period ending Tuesday morning, can be found at the end of the blog entry linked here.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1143 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010
…PRECIPITATION TOTALS…
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF UNOFFICIAL PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR A 36
HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 11 AM THURSDAY. THESE REPORTS ARE FROM A
COMBINATION OF SOURCES INCLUDING COOP OBSERVERS…IFLOWS GAGES…
COCORAHS AND ASOS AND HAVE NOT BEEN QUALITY CONTROLLED.
VIRGINIA
…ALLEGHANY COUNTY…
2.60 LOW MOOR IFLOWS
2.56 NICHOLLS KNOB IFLOWS
2.44 WARM SPRINGS MTN IFLOWS
2.44 FORE MTN IFLOWS
1.56 COVINGTON 4.1 E – CCR
1.32 COVINGTON CITY PARK
1.04 GATHRIGHT DAM
0.95 DUNLAP CREEK DCP
0.76 OGLE CREEK IFLOWS
0.52 PETERS MTN IFLOWS
0.52 COVINGTON FP COOP
…AMHERST COUNTY…
3.30 PEDLAR DAM
…APPOMATTOX COUNTY…
2.01 APPOMATTOX COOP
…BATH COUNTY…
3.01 LIME KILN RAWS
2.92 YOST IFLOWS
2.76 INGALLS FIELD IFLOWS
2.72 MILL CRK/CO LINE IFLOWS
2.72 JORDON TOP IFLOWS
2.60 BACK CREEK DCP AT SUNRISE
2.36 CASSIDY BRIDGE IFLOWS
2.08 PUMP STORAGE IFLOWS
1.72 GATHRIGHT DAM DCP
1.60 HOT SPRINGS COOP
1.52 JACKSON RIVER NEAR BACOVA
1.20 WILLIAMSVILLE
…BEDFORD COUNTY…
4.37 MONETA 3.7 SW – CCR
4.21 ROCKY MT. 6.4 NE – CCR
4.20 HUDDLESTON COOP
3.97 ROCKY MT. 3.1 SE – CCR
3.97 MONETA 4.8 S – CCR
3.34 ROCKY MT. 3.6 W – CCR
3.00 BEDFORD COOP
2.65 BEDFORD 3.2 W – CCR
2.26 HOLCOMB ROCK COOP
…BLAND COUNTY…
0.58 BLAND COOP
…BOTETOURT COUNTY…
4.80 GLADE CREEK IFLOWS
4.60 LITHIA IFLOWS
3.96 APPLE ORCHARD IFLOWS
3.64 TROUTVILLE IFLOWS
3.52 SLOAN BRANCH IFLOWS
3.44 BUCHANAN
3.30 BUCHANAN COOP
3.24 DALEVILLE IFLOWS/USGS
3.00 TINKER CREEK IFLOWS
2.84 CARVIN CREEK IFLOWS
2.68 NORTH FORK IFLOWS
2.08 ORISKANY IFLOWS
…BUCKINGHAM COUNTY…
1.88 BUCKINGHAM COOP
…CITY OF DANVILLE…
3.25 DANVILLE ASOS
…CITY OF ROANOKE…
3.36 ROANOKE R AT STP IFLOWS
3.32 ROANOKE
2.72 MONTCLAIR IFLOWS
2.71 ROANOKE AP (ASOS)
1.12 LOWER N. LAKES IFLOWS
…CAMPBELL COUNTY…
3.94 LYNCHBURG AP (ASOS)
2.58 LYNCHBURG COOP
2.11 BROOKNEAL COOP
…CARROLL COUNTY…
0.76 BUFFALO MTN. IFLOWS
0.72 WOODLAWN IFLOWS
0.68 PIPERS GAP ILFOWS
0.65 GALAX WATER PLANT COOP
0.64 GALAX RADIO WBRF
0.56 FANCY GAP IFLOWS
…CHARLOTTE COUNTY…
3.30 KEYSVILLE COOP
…CRAIG COUNTY…
1.96 NEW CASTLE IFLOWS
1.92 ABBOTT IFLOWS
1.80 CRAIG CK/RTE 614 IFLOWS
1.68 POTTS MTN. IFLOWS
1.65 CRAIG VALLEY RAWS NR. NEW CASTLE 2 NE
1.40 JOHNS CK/RTE 311 IFLOWS
1.04 SIMMONSVILLE IFLOWS
0.84 UPPER JOHNS CREEK IFLOWS
…FLOYD COUNTY…
3.24 COPPER HILL IFLOWS
2.12 MTN. VIEW CHURCH IFLOWS
1.85 COPPER HILL COOP
0.98 WILLIS DCP
0.61 WILLIS COOP
…FLUVANNA COUNTY…
1.26 BREMO BLUFF
…FRANKLIN COUNTY…
4.52 SNOW CRK/RTE 632 IFLOWS
3.97 ROCKY MT. 3.1 SE – CCR
3.60 ROCKY MOUNT COOP
3.34 ROCKY MT. 3.6W – CCR
2.96 ROUTE 640/PIGG R. IFLOWS
2.96 FERRUM IFLOWS
2.64 GILLS CREEK NF IFLOWS
2.37 ROCKY MT. 4.3 NNW – CCR
1.32 SIMMONDS GAP IFLOWS
…GILES COUNTY…
1.00 MOUNTAIN LAKE BIO IFLOWS
0.84 DISMAL IFLOWS
0.84 BUTT MTN IFLOWS
0.76 NORTH FORK IFLOWS
0.52 SPRUCE RUN IFLOWS
…GRAYSON COUNTY…
0.82 TROUTDALE DCP
…HALIFAX COUNTY…
2.68 SOUTH BOSTON COOP
0.88 RANDOLPH
…HENRY COUNTY…
8.07 JONES CREEK IFLOWS
7.95 MARROWBONE RES. IFLOWS
6.16 CHESTNUT KNOB IFLOWS
5.93 MARTINSVILLE HYD ELEC IFLOWS
4.72 MARTINSVILLE FILTER COOP
4.32 RANGELEY BRANCH IFLOWS
4.04 PROVIDENCE CH. IFLOWS
3.88 BLACKBERRY BRDG IFLOWS SG
3.48 PRILLIMAN IFLOWS
3.42 PHILPOTT DAM
3.20 BLACKBERRY CREEK IFLOWS
1.20 SANVILLE IFLOWS
…MONTGOMERY COUNTY…
3.57 SHAWSVILLE SG/IFLOWS
3.24 POOR MTN. IFLOWS
2.36 LAFAYETTE SG/IFLOWS
1.96 IRONTO IFLOWS
1.62 LAFAYETTE COOP
1.20 FALLING BRANCH IFLOWS
0.80 BRUSH MTN IFLOWS
0.72 BLACKSBURG IFLOWS
0.59 BLACKSBURG NWS
0.54 CHRISTIANSBURG 1S COOP
…NELSON COUNTY…
2.88 BENT CREEK
2.40 MONTEBELLO FISH NURSERY
…PATRICK COUNTY…
2.44 CRITZ IFLOWS
1.56 BUSTED ROCK #1 IFLOWS
1.56 CIRCLE M IFLOWS
1.53 STUART COOP
1.38 WOOLWINE 0.4 SW – CCR
1.38 WOOLWINE COOP
1.36 BUSTED ROCK #2 IFLOWS
1.32 SLATE MTN. IFLOWS
1.16 CENTRAL ACADEMY IFLOWS
1.14 MEADOWS OF DAN COOP
0.84 RAVEN ROCK CHURCH IFLOWS
0.80 DOE RUN CHURCH IFLOWS
0.64 SAMUEL GROVE CHURCH IFLOWS
…PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY…
3.30 CHATHAM COOP
2.69 DANVILLE COOP
…PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY…
1.86 FARMVILLE REGNL APT
…PULASKI COUNTY…
0.80 NRV AP IFLOWS
0.60 CASEKNIFE STN IFLOWS
0.59 PULASKI COOP
0.56 PEAK CREEK IFLOWS
0.54 RADFORD COOP
0.52 BACK CREEK IFLOWS
…ROANOKE COUNTY…
3.88 SUGARLOAF MTN IFLOWS
3.56 MILL MOUNTAIN IFLOWS
3.16 WITT`S ORCHARD IFLOWS
2.88 PETERS CREEK IFLOWS
2.75 NIAGARA RIVER GAGE
2.40 FORT LEWIS MTN IFLOWS
2.20 SALEM PUMP STN IFLOWS
2.00 ROANOKE COOP
1.88 MASON COVE IFLOWS
1.32 CRAWFORDS RIDGE IFLOWS
0.96 TINKER CREEK S. IFLOWS SG/RG
…ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY…
4.76 IRISH GAP IFLOWS
2.76 GLASGOW IFLOWS SG/RG
2.75 GLASGOW COOP
2.72 N. BUFFALO CRK IFLOWS
2.20 BUFFALO CK AT MURAT IFLOWS SG/RG
2.20 BUENA VISTA COOP
1.72 NORTH MTN IFLOWS
1.56 BUENA VISTA
1.52 CORNWALL IFLOWS
1.36 ROCKBRIDGE BATHS IFLW/USGS
…WYTHE COUNTY…
1.24 2WAY WYTHEVILLE IFLOWS
0.56 SAND MTN IFLOWS
WEST VIRGINA
…GREENBRIER COUNTY…
0.73 WHITE SULPHUR SPGS DCP
0.64 MEADOW BLUFF IFLOWS
…MERCER COUNTY…
0.52 EADS MILL IFLOWS
0.52 PRINCETON COOP
…MONROE COUNTY…
0.64 UNION IFLOWS
…SUMMERS COUNTY…
0.76 KEENEY KNOB IFLOWS
0.50 PIPESTEM RAWS
NORTH CAROLINA
…ASHE COUNTY…
0.50 JEFFERSON 2E COOP
…CASWELL COUNTY…
4.38 CASWELL GAME LANDS RAWS
3.65 YANCEYVILLE 4 SE COOP
…ROCKINGHAM COUNTY…
4.05 REIDSVILLE COOP
3.75 EDEN COOP
…STOKES COUNTY…
2.52 DANBURY COOP
…SURRY COUNTY…
0.75 ARARAT R. AT ARARAT
0.69 FISHER R. NR COPELAND
0.68 RAVEN KNOB RAWS
0.65 ELKIN COOP
0.56 MOUNT AIRY COOP
…WATAUGA COUNTY…
0.61 BOONE RG (TVA)
0.60 BLACKBURN KNOB IFLOWS
0.59 MF NEW RIVER IFLOWS SG
…WILKES COUNTY…
0.53 RENDEZVOUS MTN RAWS SITE
…YADKIN COUNTY…
0.76 YADKINVILLE COOP
September 30, 2010 - 3:49 PM
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I’ve taken the liberty to edit the weather service on one thing — moving Roanoke AP (ASOS), which is Roanoke Regional Airport, from Roanoke County where it is usually listed to the City of Roanoke, where it is located.
Totals from our house in Goodview:
First storm 3.55 inches (1.50 Sun, 1.91 Mon and .14 Tue)
Second storm 3.84 inches (.36 Wed and 3.48 Thu)
Combined 7.39 inches
I’m very pleased with this rain we got here in the Elett Valley at my house: 1.41 inches bringing the total from Saturday to just around 4 inches. And now we get the coolness which will be great! Kevin, there appears to be rain around Monday. What are your thoughts on this? The Wilmington, NC story is quite amazing and the same with Henry County and all of eastern VA and central VA. The rain here should at least have put a serious dent in the drought or, like for one commenter on here, should have made it vanish for the meantime.
It should be noted that it is STILL raining in the eastern half of Virginia south into the Outer Banks.
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/northeast.php
Right now I’m not real big on rain chances early next week. I think the biggest effect of the next upper-low will be some gray, chilly days with temperatures hovering in the 40s and 50s.
I had almost exactly the same overall totals as Steve Murray (20th comment on the previous thread, a little after 4 PM today). I had 4.2 from the Sunday-Monday storm, and 3.2 from this puppy. Emptied the rain gauge at 6:20 this morning with 2.1 inches in it, and got another 1.1 in just a few hours (perhaps only 2 or 3) this morning. The CPC Drought Monitor was released today, but supposedly was effective as of Tuesday morning. Still showed SW Virginia as abnormally dry. HUH?? We had 2-4 inches of rain by Monday night. I think their drought monitor needed Exlax, at least for the Roanoke Valley. It’s a moot point anyway, because except for poor Rick in Wytheville and possibly Pulaski, the I-81 corridor within 60 miles of Roanoke should be out of the drought by next week’s update.
What a crazy month September was. First 3+ weeks were very warm mostly, with less than a 1/4 inch of rain at my house, then the last 5 days were incredibly wet with high temps at or below normal. All this water practically guarantees that the reservoirs will be in good shape all winter, unless we turn incredibly dry … leaves will be on the trees for roughly another month only (and that is here in Roanoke). Rick, your prediction of a 6-month drought took a big hit, at least for places east of Route 8. I just had two months worth of rain. Amazing how quickly and drastically weather trends can change. What do you think, Kevin, is there a good chance that October will revert to a very dry month?
And Other John, thank you very much for your comment at 8:25 this morning, giving the hard-to-believe rainfall totals from Wilmington, NC. I was going to research that, but you saved me the effort. Please give the rainfall total from today’s rain in Wilmington, too, when you get a chance. Meanwhile, I looked up the updated CPC outlooks for both October and the 3-month October-December periods a few minutes ago. All of Virginia is in the white area for all four maps, meaning equal chances of being wet or dry, or warm or cold.
This rain totally missed Washington Co. We had a few sprinkles overnight and drizzle off and on today. No appreciable accumulation. We are in fairly good shape right now. Glad our friends to the east are doing better now. Weather man is saying cold, windy and showers on Sunday and Monday with a cut off low over TN. Nice that the 90′s are history for now.
I don’t see October being a very dry month, but I would lean toward it being drier than normal. I think the cooler weather pattern that’s settling in next week won’t break very easily. Cooler patterns with intrusions of air from Canada are usually drier patterns, but not usually complete droughts. Best guess: A month with about 1.5 inches of rain and 1-2 degrees below normal. All subject to go right out the window with a significant tropical system or a second-half-of-the-month warming trend just beyond the line of sight.
Kevin: Could we hear about snow flurries in the higher elevations on Monday?
RICK, DID YOU JUST UTTER THE “S” WORD?!!!!
We have an upper-level low that will be spinning in place somewhere near or just west of us early next week. Upper-level lows are deep pools of cold air aloft. Surface temperatures will be below normal and could hang around in the 40s-50s even at lower elevations in the Sunday-Tuesday timeframe if there are clouds and showers. It is conceivable that, especially in early mornings before the sun can warm the boundary layer, that the atmosphere could be chilled just enough from aloft to surface for a few snowflakes to make it to the surface in the higher elevations — and in this case, I’m thinking probably no lower than 4,000 feet unless this upper low is a lot more vigorous than we think it is. So we’re talking the Great Smokies, Mount Rogers, Snowshoe, places like that.
S-word discussion notwithstanding, we got more rain in the overnight…somewhere around 2 tenths of an inch. Our storm total was 0.87″, 3.34″ for the combined total from the two storms. Not too shabby.
And for Doug…WIlmington recorded an additional 2.29″ of rain for the 30th…bringing their montly total to an astonishing 22.72″…and remember they got all of that in a 5-day span!
To put that in perspective, that’s only 4″ less than what I had recorded at our house though the ENTIRE YEAR, before these latest storms…
http://blogs.roanoke.com/weatherjournal/2010/09/25/rainy-period-setting-up-for-sunday-monday-tuesday/#comment-11780
Yikes!
My wife and I wanted to take a vacation down there this year for our anniversary, we may need to invest in hip-waders and a trolling motor to get around!