Flood — Highland, Virginia

2025-07-18 · near Valley Center, Highland, Virginia

Event narrative

Mill Gap COOP observer reported several dry streams were coming off the mountain and flowing across VA-84/Mill Gap Road and Upper Back Creek Road.

Wider weather episode

An anomalously moist tropical airmass resided over Virginia bringing numerous rounds of showers and thunderstorms. Thunderstorms trained over portions of central Virginia bringing rainfall amounts of two to locally six inches. This resulted in instances of flooding and flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1264848. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.