Flash Flood — Isle of Wight, Virginia

2006-10-07 · near Windsor, Isle of Wight, Virginia

$3.0M

Property damage

Event narrative

Numerous roads closed county wide...including HWY 258 and parts of HWY 460 near Windsor. High water also resulted in major crop damage.

Wider weather episode

A strong low pressure system off the North Carolina coast coupled with an upper level cutoff low to dump intense rainfall across portions of southeast Virginia. Rainfall amounts in excess of 10 inches resulted in numerous road closures and moderate to major river flooding from late Friday October 6th through Saturday October 7th. Up to 28,000 Dominion Virginia Power customers lost power during the event. Moderate to severe coastal flooding also resulted in western portions of the southern Chesapeake Bay.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 710. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.