Heavy Rain in Covington (c) County, Virginia

Heavy Rain June 17, 2020 – June 18, 2020 · Covington (c) County, Virginia

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The NWS Cooperative station at Covington, VA (CFPV2) set a date rainfall record for June 18th of 2.70 inches for the 24-hour period ending 700 AM EDT on the 18th. The previous date record was 1.49 inches set in 1973. It was also the 5th wettest June day on record, but well behind the record 4.20 inches on June 24, 2016. Nearly unbroken precipitation records exist at this station back to 1961 at this site.

The wider storm

A broad closed upper low drifted across South Carolina and northwest back into southwest Virginia and West Virginia bringing persistent rainfall that eventually led to flooding. There were repeated rounds of heavy rainfall with widespread amounts of 2 to 5 inches, with isolated totals over 10 inches in a 3-day period in parts of Halifax County, VA.

Began near Covington (37.8111, -79.9882).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 899205. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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