Flash Flood in Martinsville (c) County, Virginia

Flash Flood May 22, 2017 · Martinsville (c) County, Virginia

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Martinsville (36.6987, -79.8936).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 700987. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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