Heavy Rain — Martinsville (c), Virginia

2017-05-21 to 2017-05-22 · near Martinsville, Martinsville (c), Virginia

Event narrative

The 24-hour rainfall of 3.17 inches ending at 0800 EST at the Martinsville COOP (MARV2) was the highest for any day in the month of May, with records dating back to 1930. The old record was 2.63 inches on May 30, 1940.

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 703166. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.