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tropical/gaston storm Gaston brought intense rainfall and isolated tornados to south central Viriginia. Click on the thumbnail graphics and look for updates to this page during the next 48 hours.

24 Hour Radar Produced Storm Total Rainfall

Richmond 24hr Rainfall Records

Rank	Storm	Date	Rainfall (inches)
1	Connie	Aug 12, 19955	8.79
2	Gaston	Aug 30, 2004	6.68
3	Floyd	Sept 15-16, 1999	6.52
4	Danny	Aug 18, 1985	5.58
5	Hurricane #2	Aug 14-15, 1940	4.77
6	Isabel	Sept 18, 2003	4.32

Official & Unoffical storm totals

RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OFFICIAL NWS OBSERVATIONS

UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OTHER WEATHER SOURCES

Data will be updated further!

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UBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1123 AM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004


THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME PRELIMINARY RAINFALL TOTALS(INCHES) ACROSS 
THE REGION FROM tropical/gaston STORM GASTON:


IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND VA:

ST. MARY'S SCHOOL         5.80
CLOVER HILL H.S.          4.30
WWBT TV-12                4.80
ST. CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL  6.40
SCIENCE MUSEUM            6.56
MATH & SCIENCE CTR.      12.30 
RICHMOND AIRPORT          6.68
WEST END                 12.60


IN CHESTERFIELD CO.:

MIDLOTHIAN                4.30
CHESTER                   6.20
WINTERPOCK                5.69

IN HANOVER CO.:

ASHLAND VA ASOS          10.61
MECHANICSVILLE           10.70

IN THE CITY OF HOPEWELL VA:

CARTER G. WOODSON SCHOOL  5.40 

IN BRUNSWICK CO.:

LAWRENCEVILLE             3.70

IN NOTTOWAY CO.:

CAMP PICKETT              4.96 


IN HENRICO CO.:

SANDSTON                  8.10


NOTE: WSR88D RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THE HEAVIEST RAUNFALL (10 TO 12 
INCHES) OVER THE CITY OF RICHMOND AND WESTERN HANOVER COUNTY.


Rainfall Totals for Gaston

North, Va (Mathews) 1.80

Eastville, Va ( Northampton) .93

Amelia 2.60

Alberta ( Brunswick) 3.37

Camp Pickett ( Nottoway) 4.96

Petersburg 4.82

Winterpock ( Chesterfield 5.69

Chester ( Chesterfield) 6.20

Emporia 2.12

Farmville (Prince Edward) .73

Norfolk Arpt 1.02

Wakefield (Office) 2.51

Williamsburg 1.36

Patrick Henry Aprt 1.67

Richmond Aprt 6.68

Wallops Is 1.56

Salisbury 1.55

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