Flash Flood — Russell, Virginia

2020-04-13 · near Rosedale, Russell, Virginia

Event narrative

Several roads flooded across the county.

Wider weather episode

A prolonged convective event with deep moist southerly flow in an unstable environment with strong wind shear generated supercell thunderstorms across Southeast Tennessee and Southwest North Carolina. The lengthy period of heavy rain resulted in widespread three to four inch rainfall totals across East Tennessee, Southwest North Carolina, and Southwest Virginia.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (36.9495, -81.8944)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 890195. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.