Flood — Highland, Virginia

2021-03-01 · near Valley Center, Highland, Virginia

Event narrative

Mill Gap Rd. closed near the intersection with Lower Back Creek Rd. due to flooding.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure over the midwestern United States brought a warm front across the region February 28th. Warm advection precipitation, enhanced by upslope flow and favorable upper jet dynamics, lead to an inch or two of rainfall in western portions of our forecast area. This, along with partial melting of snowpack in the mountains, lead to some isolated flooding across eastern western portions of our forecast area that continued into March 1st.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 948882. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.