Flood — Danville (c), Virginia

2022-08-05 · near Danville, Danville (c), Virginia

Event narrative

Minor street flooding was observed on South Main Street due to heavy rain from a thunderstorm. No damage was reported.

Wider weather episode

An upper level disturbance crossed the region during the peak heating of the day. The timing of these two events helped yield a generous coverage of showers and storms across the area, with a couple of storms becoming severe. Those that became severe produced damaging wind gusts. Lightning was also known to have struck a house and also a chimney.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1052451. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.