Heavy Rain in Martinsville (c) County, Virginia

Heavy Rain May 21, 2017 – 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

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.

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 (36.6800, -79.8700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 703166. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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