Flash Flood — Martinsville (c), Virginia

2017-05-22 · near Martinsville, Martinsville (c), Virginia

Event narrative

Persistent heavy rains caused flooding along Jones Creek which flooded portions of Liberty Street within the City of Martinsville. This appeared to be beyond typical urban runoff issues as a natural stream flooded.

Wider weather episode

Heavy downpours over the City of Martinsville and surrounding portions of Henry County dropped 2 to 4+ inches of rain over a period of hours during the early morning of May 22nd and caused some flash flooding. 24-hour rainfall reports included Jones Creek IFLOWS (JOEV2) 4.73 inches and Martinsville COOP (MARV2) 3.17 inches both located in the City of Martinsville.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 700987. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.