Flash Flood — Covington (c), Virginia

2020-06-17 · near Covington, Covington (c), Virginia

Event narrative

Numerous roads were flooded and closed in Covington including South Craig Avenue, South Royal Avenue and and South Highland Avenue.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 899520. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.