Flash Flood — Galax (c), Virginia

2018-10-10 · near Galax, Galax (c), Virginia

Event narrative

Mill Creek flooded and several people were evacuated from a mobile home park off of Glade Street. Social media had several reports of flooded roads in Galax including the intersection of Swanson Street and McArthur Street and Glendale Road and Hebron Road.

Wider weather episode

The remains of Hurricane Michael were preceded in parts of western Virginia by a so-called Predecessor Event (PRE) which brought moderate to heavy rainfall across several counties early on the 11th of October. A deep moisture plume surged north on the periphery of the subtropical ridge over the southeast with the very high precipitable water producing high rainfall rates. The heaviest rainfall from the PRE was concentrated in upper and middle portions of the New River basin and the far upper Dan basin where the amountsl ranged from 2 to 6 inches with isolated higher amounts in the 24 hours ending at 700 AM local time.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 788360. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.