Flood in Waynesboro (c) County, Virginia

Flood April 16, 2011 · Waynesboro (c) County, Virginia

Deaths

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Child and adult swept into Rockfish Run from the Kirby Street Bridge.

The wider storm

A strong and closed low pressure system over the Ohio Valley remained nearly stationary through the 16th, bringing copious moisture northward up the eastern seaboard. Lift to produce showers and thunderstorms was focused along a warm front that passed north through the mid-Atlantic during the morning. With ground already saturated from several rounds of significant rainfall in the past week, flooding and flash flooding resulted. Rainfall amounts of over 4 inches were observed.

Began near Waynesboro (38.0591, -78.8714).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 301959. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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