In the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m., Roanoke has received 3.06 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service.About two inches of that fell since midnight.

That cuts about a third out of our annual rainfall deficit ... but it also caused some scattered, mostly minor flooding problems, more serious up toward Covington and Lexington, where a number of creeks and even some rivers are out of their banks.

In Roanoke, that's our heaviest 24-hour rain total since 4.17 inches fell with the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne on Sept. 28, 2004 -- you probably remember the major flooding from that. That came three weeks after 4.40 fell in a day with the remanants of Hurricane Frances. The last time we had anything close to this was when we got 2.95 inches in a 48-hour period of Oct. 7-8, 2005, which I remember vividly since it ended 3 hours before my wedding. We had almost 5 inches in 6 days during that October episode.

There's more to come. A flash flood watch remains in effect, and afternoon heating combined with a wind flow reaping rich tropical moisture off the Atlantic will cause additional showers and thunderstorms to fire this afternoon, some with very heavy rain.

Scroll down this listing on the National Weather Service Web site for flood reports across the area last night.

Click here for photos and a local news report on flooding

Below (click the "continue reading " link if you are reading the full blog) is the National Weather Service-Blacksburg office's list of 24-hour rain totals across the area through 10 a.m. Keep in mind that these amounts are on top of whatever fell in the given areas Friday and Saturday.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
RAINFALL REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1000 AM EDT MON JUN 26 2006

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST
24 HOURS ENDING 800 AM MONDAY. THESE AMOUNTS ARE IN ADDITION
TO AMOUNTS REPORTED THROUGH 800 AM SUNDAY.

APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE
OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS...AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS.
THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT
WEATHER.GOV/BLACKSBURG.

********************STORM TOTAL RAINFALL********************

LOCATION 24 HOUR TOTAL TIME/DATE OF MEASUREMENT 800 AM
RAINFALL MONDAY JUNE 26.
(INCHES)

NORTH CAROLINA

...ASHE COUNTY...
JEFFERSON 4.52

...ROCKINGHAM COUNTY...
EDEN 0.35

...SURRY COUNTY
MOUNT AIRY 3.92

...WATAUGA COUNTY...
BOONE 1.98

...WILKES COUNTY...
NORTH WILKESBORO 2.42

VIRGINIA

...ALLEGHANY COUNTY...
EARLEHURST 1.70
GATHRIGHT DAM 2.39

...APPOMATTOX COUNTY
APPOMATTOX 0.33

...CAMPBELL COUNTY...
CONCORD 0.30

...CHARLOTTE COUNTY...
KEYSVILLE 0.10

...CITY OF BEDFORD
BEDFORD 1.88

...CITY OF BUENA VISTA
BUENA VISTA 0.70
LEXINGTON 1.08

...CITY OF COVINGTON
COVINGTON 3.50

...CITY OF DANVILLE
DANVILLE COOP 0.40

...CITY OF GALAX
GALAX 2.93

...CITY OF LYNCHBURG
LYNCHBURG COOP 0.69
LYNCHBURG AIRPORT 1.60

...CITY OF ROANOKE
ROANOKE AIRPORT 3.06

...FLOYD COUNTY...
COPPER HILL 1.80
WILLIS 2.90

...GILES COUNTY...
STAFFORDSVILLE 2.27

...HALIFAX COUNTY...
SOUTH BOSTON 0.50

...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
BLACKSBURG 1.30
LAFAYETTE 2.55

...PATRICK COUNTY...
MEADOWS OF DAN 4.17

...PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY...
CHATHAM 0.23

...ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY...
BROWNSBURG 2.23
GLASGOW 1.55
GOSHEN 4.49

...SMYTH COUNTY...
SALTVILLE 0.42

...TAZEWELL COUNTY...
RICHLANDS 0.45
BURKES GARDEN 1.25

...WYTHE COUNTY...
WYTHEVILLE 1.70

WEST VIRGINIA

...GREENBRIER COUNTY...
RENICK 0.64
LEWISBURG 0.89
ALDERSON 1.35
WHITE SULFUR SPRINGS 0.46

...MERCER COUNTY...
BLUEFIELD COOP 1.71

...MONROE COUNTY...
UNION 1.34

...SUMMERS COUNTY...
PENCE SPRINGS 1.15

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