Overview
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Long fetch of tropical moisture from the southeast due to Tropical Storm Eta in the Gulf and a ridge of high pressure off the Atlantic coast, along with a slowly approaching cold front and some upper jet dynamics as well as upslope, all contributed to significant rainfall (4-8" with locally higher amounts) across much of the area, within generally a 36 hour period. This resulted in widespread flooding, with moderate river flooding, though Brookneal reach major flood along the Roanoke River. |
 Rainfall Totals for this Event |
Flooding
Many rivers and streams flooded in our area, with 8 sites reaching at least moderate flood stage, with 1 exceeding major flood stage at Brookneal. The main river basins impacted were the Roanoke, Dan, New and Yadkin Rivers. The graphs below show the stages these rivers reached.
Hydrographs
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| South Fork Roanoke River near Shawsville, VA | Roanoke River at Glenvar, VA | Roanoke River at Roanoke, VA | Roanoke River at Brookneal VA |
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| Roanoke River at Randolph VA | Dan River at Wentworth, NC | Dan River at Danville, VA | Yadkin River at Elkin, NC |
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| New River at Radford, VA |
Photos
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| Mudslide Graves Bridge Rd in Pittsylvania County, VA (source: Will Stafford) |
Yadkin River, NC Flooding (source: WXII) |
Flooding along Red House Road Near Brookneal, VA (source: Margie Cartwright ) |
Roanoke River Flooding in Salem, VA (source: Gordie Zeigler) |
Radar
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| Radar Loop of the Event |
Storm Reports
...72 HOUR PRECIPITATION REPORTS... ...7AM TUES NOV 10 to 7AM FRI NOV 13... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...North Carolina... ...Alleghany County... Sparta 2.8 NE 6.46 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Sparta 4 SSW 6.45 in 0836 AM 11/13 COOP 1.9 SW Barrett 5.74 in 1015 AM 11/13 HADS Sparta 5.46 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP Ennice 4.71 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP Sparta 3.6 NW 4.27 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS ...Ashe County... West Jefferson 4.33 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP 2 NE Deep Gap 4.09 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS 2 WSW Laurel Springs 3.90 in 0400 PM 11/12 AWS 1.9 NW Wagoner 3.00 in 0635 AM 11/13 COOP Warrensville 2.29 in 0401 PM 11/12 CWOP Jefferson 1.97 in 1055 AM 11/13 AWOS 2 ENE Baldwin 1.68 in 0410 PM 11/12 CWOP Lansing 1.50 in 1200 PM 11/13 HADS ...Caswell County... Caswell Game Lands 3.97 in 1216 PM 11/13 RAWS ...Rockingham County... 2 SE Cascade 4.13 in 0400 PM 11/12 AWS Reidsville 3.67 in 0355 PM 11/12 AWOS Eden 3.37 in 0600 AM 11/13 COOP Stokesdale 3.34 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP ...Stokes County... 3 W Capella 5.50 in 0405 PM 11/12 AWS Walnut Cove 5.09 in 0407 PM 11/12 CWOP Danbury 5.05 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP Walnut Cove 1.5 ENE 5.01 in 0800 AM 11/13 COCORAHS 0.9 E Pine Hall 4.97 in 1030 AM 11/13 HADS 0.9 E Pine Hall 4.83 in 0900 AM 11/13 HADS ...Surry County... Raven Knob 5.78 in 1117 AM 11/13 RAWS Pilot Mountain 0.3 W 5.56 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Pilot Mountain 5.32 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP Pilot Mountain 5.17 in 0403 PM 11/12 RAWS Mount Airy 4.3 W 4.96 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Dobson 2.3 SE 4.87 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Mount Airy Surry 4.41 in 1215 PM 11/13 AWOS Mount Airy Surry 3.99 in 1015 AM 11/13 AWOS Pilot Mountain 3.28 in 0410 PM 11/12 CWOP 2.2 SW Pilot Mountain 2.49 in 0403 PM 11/12 HADS ...Watauga County... 1 SE Rutherwood 4.11 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Blowing Rock 3.46 in 0401 PM 11/12 CWOP 1 E Seven Devils 3.41 in 0630 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Blowing Rock 3.25 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP Boone Watauga Ct 2.90 in 1055 AM 11/13 AWOS Boone Precip 2s 2.52 in 1130 AM 11/13 USGS Seven Devils 2.01 in 0705 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Boone 1.97 in 0401 PM 11/12 CWOP Beech Mountain 1.92 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP Valle Crucis 1.76 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS 2 SW Meat Camp 1.62 in 0400 PM 11/12 AWS Banner Elk 1.54 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP ...Wilkes County... 2 SSE Wilbar 7.02 in 1210 PM 11/13 RAWS North Wilkesboro 5.5 SE 5.76 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Millers Creek 1.9 NNW 5.44 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Elkville 5.00 in 0400 AM 11/13 HADS 4 ESE Moravian Falls 4.07 in 0700 AM 11/13 Mesonet North Wilkesboro 3.63 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP Ronda 3.44 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP Moravian Falls 3.20 in 0409 PM 11/12 CWOP Traphill 2.84 in 0408 PM 11/12 CWOP 2.3 S Buck 2.21 in 0900 AM 11/13 HADS ...Yadkin County... 1 NW Brooks Crossroads 6.81 in 0250 PM 11/13 Mesonet 2 E Brooks Crossroads 5.98 in 0700 AM 11/13 Mesonet 3.1 E Shacktown 5.70 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP ...Virginia... ...Alleghany County... Covington 4.1 E 2.29 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS 3 SE Hollins 1.70 in 0404 PM 11/12 AWS 1.5 SE Hollins 1.51 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS Covington 15 N 1.50 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP 2.3 N Natural Well 1.49 in 0400 AM 11/13 HADS ...Amherst County... 3 SSW Falconerville 5.63 in 0700 AM 11/13 Mesonet 3.9 NW Pleasant View 4.79 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP Amherst 4.14 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP ...Appomattox County... 1 SSW Appomattox 9.49 in 0700 AM 11/13 Mesonet 2 S Appomattox 9.20 in 0700 AM 11/13 CO-OP Observer ...Bath County... Ingalls Field 2.46 in 1055 AM 11/13 AWOS 1 ESE Hot Springs 2.30 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS Ingalls Field 2.10 in 1215 PM 11/13 AWOS Millboro 0.3 NW 1.89 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Goshen 3.3 WNW 1.84 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS 1.8 E Warm Springs 1.79 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS Lime Kiln 1.68 in 1201 PM 11/13 RAWS Hot Springs 1.60 in 0630 AM 11/13 COOP Yost 1.59 in 1000 AM 11/13 IFLOWS Ingalls Field 1.55 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS ...Bedford County... 3 N Forest 7.17 in 0121 PM 11/13 3.6 SW Huddleston 6.46 in 0500 AM 11/13 COOP Lynchburg 5.85 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP Lynchburg 5.1 NNW 5.72 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS 4 E Bedford 5.65 in 0700 AM 11/13 Public Goodview 3.2 SSE 5.51 in 0800 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Bedford 3.2 W 5.23 in 0745 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Bedford 4.68 in 0408 PM 11/12 CWOP Vinton 8.6 ENE 4.62 in 0556 AM 11/13 COCORAHS 6 SSW Bedford 3.78 in 0400 PM 11/12 AWS Moneta 3.48 in 0402 PM 11/12 CWOP ...Bland County... Bland 2.24 in 0406 PM 11/12 CWOP ...Botetourt County... Fincastle 5.4 WSW 4.20 in 0836 AM 11/13 COCORAHS 2.2 NW Cloverdale 4.00 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS Fincastle 1.9 NNW 3.66 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Buchanan 3.34 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP Troutville 3.21 in 0408 PM 11/12 CWOP 0.7 E Troutville 2.67 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS 1 NNW Eagle Rock 2.50 in 0404 PM 11/12 AWS 1 E Springwood 2.48 in 0404 PM 11/12 AWS ...Buckingham County... Dillwyn 5.86 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP 2 WNW Toga 5.56 in 0700 AM 11/13 Public Buckingham 4.66 in 0405 PM 11/12 AWS ...Campbell County... 4 WSW Concord 8.34 in 0700 AM 11/13 Mesonet 3.6 NW Spring Mills 8.07 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP 4 NE Gladys 7.88 in 0700 AM 11/13 Mesonet 2 N Rustburg 7.73 in 0700 AM 11/13 Mesonet 3 SW Evington 7.24 in 0700 AM 11/13 Mesonet 2 NNW Altavista 6.87 in 0139 PM 11/13 Mesonet 3 W Evington 6.33 in 0700 AM 11/13 Mesonet Gladys 0.6 S 6.24 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Rustburg 5.85 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP 2 SSW Timberlake 5.37 in 0700 AM 11/13 Mesonet Lynchburg 4.69 in 1054 AM 11/13 ASOS Brookneal 3.49 in 1055 AM 11/13 AWOS ...Carroll County... 0.6 W Laurel Fork 6.56 in 1000 AM 11/13 HADS Hillsville Galax 5.91 in 1055 AM 11/13 AWOS Hillsville Galax 5.30 in 1115 AM 11/13 AWOS Hillsville Galax 5.26 in 0355 PM 11/12 AWOS Hillsville Galax 5.14 in 1215 PM 11/13 AWOS Hillsville 3.7 W 5.12 in 0600 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Woodlawn 4.49 in 0406 PM 11/12 CWOP Galax 6.1 N 4.43 in 0615 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Hillsville 4.25 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP ...Charlotte County... Phenix 3.59 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP Saxe 4.3 SE 2.70 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS ...City of Buena Vista... Buena Vista City 3.38 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP ...City of Covington... 1.9 N Covington City 1.44 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP ...City of Danville... 1 E Danville City 5.69 in 0400 PM 11/12 AWS ...City of Galax... 0.9 S Galax City 5.68 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP ...City of Lynchburg... Lynchburg 2.5 WSW 4.79 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS ...City of Martinsville... 1.5 N Martinsville City 4.12 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP ...City of Radford... Radford 0.9 WNW 3.67 in 0510 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Radford 0.4 W 3.38 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Radford 2.96 in 0405 PM 11/12 AWS ...City of Roanoke... 2.1 SE Hollins 5.99 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS Roanoke 5.06 in 1054 AM 11/13 ASOS 1.3 W Vinton 3.18 in 1000 AM 11/13 IFLOWS Roanoke 2.96 in 0345 PM 11/12 CWOP ...City of Salem... Salem 1.6 WSW 4.16 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Salem City 2.57 in 0405 PM 11/12 AWS ...Craig County... Craig Valley 2.60 in 1207 PM 11/13 RAWS 3.7 W New Castle 2.51 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS ...Floyd County... 0.6 N Willis 6.47 in 0400 AM 11/13 HADS Copper Hill 6.2 S 6.03 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Willis 2.7 SE 5.22 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Floyd 4.75 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP Terry's Fork 3.48 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP 1.5 NE Terrys Fork 3.43 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS Buffalo Mountain 1.40 in 1000 AM 11/13 IFLOWS ...Franklin County... Ferrum 1.9 SSW 7.50 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Rocky Mount 10.3 NE 7.27 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS 1 W Penhook 5.96 in 0601 PM 11/12 Public Rocky Mount 3.6 W 5.74 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Boones Mill 5.5 E 5.40 in 0810 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Wirtz 5.4 NE 5.17 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Roanoke 5.12 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP Moneta 5.10 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP Union Hall 2.9 E 4.61 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Rocky Mount 8.5 S 4.21 in 0800 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Penhook 4.14 in 0402 PM 11/12 CWOP 5 SSE Vinton 3.92 in 0405 PM 11/12 AWS Hardy 3.62 in 0410 PM 11/12 CWOP 4 NNE Penhook 3.57 in 0404 PM 11/12 AWS Rocky Mount 3.32 in 0405 PM 11/12 AWS Rocky Mount 3.26 in 0330 PM 11/12 CWOP 4.4 SW Callaway 3.05 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS Bent Mountain 2.48 in 0410 PM 11/12 CWOP ...Giles County... Pearisburg 4.0 SSE 3.02 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Bane 3.02 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP Pearisburg 2.90 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP Pembroke 2.83 in 0406 PM 11/12 CWOP Butt Mountain 2.20 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS 2.2 NE Mountain Lake 2.15 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS Butt Mountain 2.00 in 1000 AM 11/13 IFLOWS 3.0 W Newport 1.96 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS 1.5 N Kire 1.83 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS ...Grayson County... Independence 1.3 S 4.21 in 0600 AM 11/13 COCORAHS 2.3 N Spring Valley 3.09 in 1000 AM 11/13 IFLOWS Volney 1.76 in 0500 AM 11/13 HADS 2.8 W Rugby 1.16 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS ...Halifax County... 1.1 E South Boston 4.07 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP Clover 3.83 in 0409 PM 11/12 CWOP 9 S Elmo 2.95 in 1102 AM 11/13 Trained Spotter South Boston 2.23 in 0355 PM 11/12 AWOS ...Henry County... Martinsville 4.81 in 0355 PM 11/12 AWOS Bassett 1.1 E 4.27 in 0730 AM 11/13 COCORAHS ...Montgomery County... Blacksburg (NWS) 4.65 in 1055 AM 11/13 AWOS 3 S Huffman 4.58 in 0441 PM 11/12 NWS Employee Blacksburg 1.6 W 4.51 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Blacksburg (NWS) 4.34 in 0355 PM 11/12 AWOS Blacksburg 1.6 NNE 4.33 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Blacksburg (NWS) 4.24 in 1215 PM 11/13 AWOS Blacksburg 2.4 ENE 4.24 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Blacksburg 1.3 ESE 4.22 in 0800 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Blacksburg 5.0 W 4.09 in 0800 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Blacksburg NWS 4.07 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP Christiansburg 1.1 ESE 3.91 in 0750 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Christiansburg 1.7 WNW 3.68 in 0800 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Blacksburg 3.36 in 0401 PM 11/12 CWOP 4.3 SE Elliston-Lafayette 3.32 in 1000 AM 11/13 IFLOWS 4 E Childress 3.25 in 0405 PM 11/12 AWS 3.6 S Huffman 2.47 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS ...Patrick County... 1.6 E Stuart 7.30 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP Woolwine 3.7 NNE 5.87 in 0800 AM 11/13 COCORAHS 1.3 SE Woolwine 5.62 in 0800 AM 11/13 COOP Woolwine 0.4 SW 5.58 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Meadows of Dan 4.5 SW 5.39 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Meadows of Dan 5.16 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP 4 SW Critz 3.43 in 0400 PM 11/12 AWS ...Pittsylvania County... 4 NE Penhook 6.43 in 0400 PM 11/12 AWS Danville Regional Airport 5.71 in 0353 PM 11/12 ASOS Pittsville 4.5 NNW 5.58 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Ringgold 4.24 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP Danville 3.99 in 0403 PM 11/12 CWOP 1 NW Chatham 2.99 in 0700 AM 11/13 CO-OP Observer 3 SSE Gretna 2.98 in 0700 AM 11/13 Mesonet ...Pulaski County... New River 0.6 NW 3.96 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Fairlawn 1.8 WNW 3.73 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Dublin 2.0 SSW 3.42 in 0730 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Dublin New Riv 1.81 in 1015 AM 11/13 AWOS ...Roanoke County... Cave Spring 2.4 SSW 4.76 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Roanoke 5.8 SW 4.68 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Roanoke 5.5 SW 4.67 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Salem 4.66 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP 1.3 N Hollins 4.60 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP Roanoke 4.34 in 0402 PM 11/12 CWOP Roanoke 3.4 SW 4.29 in 0800 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Roanoke 9.3 SW 4.29 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS 1.2 N Bent Mountain 3.97 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS 2.3 N Poages Mill 3.97 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS 1 W Poages Mill 3.93 in 0405 PM 11/12 AWS Cave Spring 3.93 in 0405 PM 11/12 AWS Roanoke 3.54 in 0402 PM 11/12 CWOP 3.6 N Glenvar 3.11 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS Vinton 2.88 in 0407 PM 11/12 CWOP Bent Mountain 2.30 in 0410 PM 11/12 CWOP ...Rockbridge County... Glenped 4.02 in 0342 PM 11/12 RAWS Glasgow 1 SE 3.95 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP Lexington 5.5 NW 3.41 in 0800 AM 11/13 COCORAHS 1 NW Cornwall 3.28 in 0400 PM 11/12 AWS Lexington 11.5 WSW 3.27 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Lexington 7.2 W 2.93 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Lexington 8.6 NW 2.79 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS Lexington 2.42 in 0408 PM 11/12 CWOP 5.8 N Collierstown 2.04 in 0400 PM 11/12 IFLOWS Fairfield 1.98 in 0401 PM 11/12 CWOP ...Smyth County... 1.8 NE Marion 3.21 in 0515 AM 11/13 HADS Marion Wythevi 2.99 in 0355 PM 11/12 AWOS ...Tazewell County... Burkes Garden 2.26 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP 4 SW Claypool Hill 1.28 in 0404 PM 11/12 AWS Richlands 1.01 in 1215 PM 11/13 AWOS ...Wythe County... Wytheville 3.29 in 0700 AM 11/13 COOP Stony Fork 3.18 in 1158 AM 11/13 RAWS West Wytheville 2.84 in 0405 PM 11/12 CWOP Max Meadows 2.42 in 0402 PM 11/12 CWOP Wytheville 2.38 in 0400 PM 11/12 CWOP ...West Virginia... ...Monroe County... Greenville 1 SE 2.38 in 0800 AM 11/13 COOP Alderson 0.8 SSW 1.56 in 0700 AM 11/13 COCORAHS ...Summers County... Pipestem 1.34 in 1017 AM 11/13 RAWS
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