Carroll storm history

The dense fog, with visibility reported to be near zero, led to a horrific series of accidents around 1:15 PM EDT near mile marker 6 in the southbound (downhill) lanes of I-77. According to newspaper accounts there were 17 separate crashes along a 1-mile stretch involving 95 cars…

According to newspaper accounts around 4:00 pm a white pine tree tree fell onto a vehicle near the intersection of Virginia 100 and Beaver Dam Road and killed the driver, a 34-year old man. According to police, the driver saw the tree falling and tried to stop, but the car slid 7…

From 12 to 14 inches fell across the county making travel extremely hazardous. A snow-related fatality occurred when 68-year old woman was thrown from her 2000 Chevrolet Blazer after driving off a snowy road.

Trees were downed countywide by high winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Helene, resulting in numerous power outages. A 64 MPH wind gust was measured near Woodlawn at 10:40 AM EDT and the high winds damaged at least 20 structures across the county. The high winds also…

Several, if not all, of the wooden flash boards at the Byllesby/Buck Dams were damaged or washed away due to flooding on the New River. In addition, turbines were damaged.

Periodic wind gusts above 60 mph occurred from mid-day on 12/29 through the morning hours of 12/30. The strongest wind gust, 66 mph, was both the strongest and first wind gust over 60 mph during this period.

A mesonet site recorded a 64 mph wind gust at a location around three miles east of Byllesby at 1:14 PM through 1:19 PM EST. Prior to that happening, a tree was blown down on a power line at a location five miles north of Dugspur at 10:05 AM EST. A second tree was blown down four…

Widespread snowfall occurred across the county during the morning hours through the late evening of the 8th. Amounts ranged from 3.1 inches near Byllesby to 5.7 inches at Fancy Gap. Key Impacts: Hazardous travel.

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms pass across portions of Carroll County and the City of Galax during the afternoon of the 19th, with rainfall rates occasionally spiking to nearly 6 inches per hour. Among the reports of flooding that occurred in this area, a small tributary of Che…

Significant flash flooding occurred on Wards Mill Branch creek, as multiple rounds of heavy rain during thunderstorm activity passed across the basin. Rainfall rates were estimated by radar to be in excess of 4 inches per hour, with totals of 3 to 3.5 inches occurring during a pe…

Lightning struck the steeple of Shiloh Methodist Church and set it on fire. The fire department extinguished the fire quickly, but water damage was reported from the church during this effort.

Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree along Mountain Breeze Lane.

Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree near Wards Gap Road.

Hail of 1.00 inch in diameter was observed for about 10 minutes.

A wind gust of 60 mph was measured by a mesonet station at Woodlawn.

A weather station three miles east of Byllesby measured a gust of 59 mph.

High winds blew off a portion of a roof from a house on Bryn Mawr Drive.

A few trees were blown down by non-thunderstorm winds in the Cana area, in addition to several power lines blown down around Carroll County.

Between 1 and 5.5 inches of snow fell around Carroll County from February 11 through February 12, with 5.5 inches reported southeast of Laurel Fork, and 5 inches reported near Gladesboro. Also, 0.25 inches of ice accumulation was reported in the city of Galax. Trees were downed f…

Between 2.5 and 6 inches of snow fell across Carroll County. The highest amount of six inches was observed in Gladesboro. Key Impacts: power outages, vehicle accidents.

Between 2.5 and four inches of snow fell across Carroll County, with the highest amount of four inches reported north of Galax and in Laurel Fork. Up to 0.40 inches of ice accumulation from freezing rain was also reported. Over 2,200 customers were reported without power by the e…

Winds around 58 mph, combined with wet soils, brought down around dozen trees and a few power lines around the Cana area. Damage values are estimated.

Thunderstorm winds blew down two trees with one along Mount Hope Road and the other at the intersection of Falcon Ridge Road and Ivanhoe Road.

Thunderstorm winds blew down multiple trees near Laurel Fork.

Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of trees near Poplar Camp Road.

Quarter sized hail covering the ground on Mitchells Crossing Road was reported through social media.

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees on Breezy Rich Road.

Thunderstorm winds blew a roof off a single-wide trailer home on Turner Spur Road, just east of Fancy Gap. Damage values are estimated.

Thunderstorm winds blew down several road signs into vehicles, took a canopy off a gas station, knocked down at least two power poles, downed trees along Old Galax Pike, and caused damage to at least one small barn. Damage values are estimated.

Gusty winds blew down a tractor trailer on Interstate 77 about two miles northeast of Lambsburg. A measured wind gust of 59 MPH from a trained spotter was observed just to the east of Interstate 77 and about two miles north-northwest of Cana.

Gusty winds blew down numerous trees and power lines across the county, which resulted in considerable power outages. The highest wind gust reported in the county was 62 mph from an automated weather station located two miles east of Woodlawn.

A few trees were blown down by high winds, including one at the intersection of Shepherds Place and Pipers Gap Road.

Power lines were downed by high winds near the intersection of Greenberry Road and Snake Creek Road.

A home owner on Cherry Lane reported that runoff from prolonged rainfall caused minor basement flooding.

High winds blew two trees down near Hillsville. Damage values are estimated.

Severe Drought conditions already in place by the end of November 2023 for all of Carroll County persisted until December 12th, when two low pressure systems passing across the lower Mid-Atlantic during the period of December 3rd to the 10th brought rainfall amounts ranging from …

Severe Drought conditions were declared for most of Carroll County on November 14th, and then extended to include the remainder of the county on the 21st. This is given precipitation from the beginning of October through mid-November was less than 25 percent of normal. NASA SPoRT…

Thunderstorm winds downed a tree in Hillsville.

A personal weather station (Weather Underground: KVAFANCY19) recorded a 24 hour rainfall amount, ending at 11 am EST on the 28th, of 6.19 inches. This 24-hour total is between a 10-year and a 25-year Average Recurrence Interval event per NOAA Atlas 14 Point Precipitation Frequenc…

Thunderstorm winds blew several trees down in the Cana area. Damage values are estimated.

Quarter to half-dollar size hail fell at the intersection of Highway 221 and Indian Valley Road.

High runoff from heavy rainfall caused a portion of Highway 52 to collapse near the Post Office in the community of Fancy Gap, VA.

Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees along two to three miles of Flower Gap Road and Apple Ridge Road.

Thunderstorm winds blew down a few 15 inch diameter trees near the intersection of Meadowlark Road and Declaration Lane.

Quarter size hail fell at mile marker 9.3 on Interstate-77.

Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down along the 4800 block of Danville Pike and other tree down along Danville Pike close to the intersection with Crooked Oak Road. Damage values are estimated.

Wind gusts downed several trees and a some power lines. Winds gusted to over 40 mph into the early evening hours.