Heavy Rain — Greensville, Virginia

2025-03-16 · near Purdy, Greensville, Virginia

Event narrative

A trained spotter reported that 3.69 inches of rain fell on Mach 16 by 11:56 PM EDT.

Wider weather episode

Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a slow-moving cold front on March 16 across southeast Virginia. These showers and storms trained over the same areas into early on March 17, allowing for heavy rain and instances of flash flooding across portions of southeast Virginia on March 16 and 17.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1248950. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.