Flood — Emporia, Virginia

2011-08-27 to 2011-08-28 · near Emporia, Emporia, Virginia

Event narrative

Heavy rains associated with Hurricane Irene produced widespread low-land flooding across much of the county, including roadways which were washed out or closed. Storm total rainfall generally ranged from five to eight inches.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Irene moving northward over the outer banks of North Carolina and just off the Virginia coast produced heavy rains which caused widespread flooding across most of south central and southeast Virginia Saturday morning, August 27th into early Sunday morning, August 28th. Storm total rainfall generally ranged from four to as much as twelve inches.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 345686. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.