Flood — Alleghany, Virginia
2006-06-25 to 2006-06-27 · near Countywide, Alleghany, Virginia
1
Direct deaths
1
Injuries
$50K
Property damage
Wider weather episode
One fatality of a heavy rain event occurred on 27 June, when an 8-year old girl in Alleghany county (VA) was apparently swept into a drainage culvert near Dunlap Creek west of Covington. This occurred as runoff into Dunlap Creek was extremely high due to storms that pushed across the area the previous few hours with rainfall of 1 to 2 inches in an hour. The Covington IFLOWS gage (CFPV2) received 0.71" in 30 minutes and 0.91" in 1 hour ending at 1600 UTC. This fell on top of 2 days of heavy rainfall so runoff efficiencies were extremely high at this time.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5516302. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.