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Flood in Lynchburg (c) County, Virginia

Flood September 25, 2024 · Lynchburg (c) County, Virginia

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Runoff from rainfall caused ponding of water several inches deep on the Link Road bridge over Ivy Creek. No damage to the bridge was reported.

The wider storm

A nearly stationary front that extended south from West Virginia into Western Virginia and North Carolina Piedmont served as the focus for thunderstorm development during the afternoon of September 25. Some clearing allowed for an increase in instability, but not quite enough to support widespread severe thunderstorms. Favorable upper level divergence was also present over the area as an upper low closed off over the Middle Mississippi Valley, and allowed for scattered storms to strengthen and cause isolated instances of wind damage. Southeasterly windflow around high pressure off the Atlantic coast brought deep moisture to the central Appalachians, which supported heavy rain within the thunderstorms. Some storms produced rainfall rates of three to four inches per hour, and passed repeatedly over the same locations.

Began near Blue Ridge Farms (37.4271, -79.2034).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1219081. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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