Floyd storm history

Widespread flooding occurred across the county but was concentrated in Route 8 corridor. Several swift water rescues were made and numerous roads were closed and many damaged. A van was swept off of Meadows Creek Road and the driver, a college student, was rescued. In addition, 1…

Periodic gusts of 58 mph or greater occurred one mile southeast of Check from the evening of the 29th trough the morning of the 30th. The strongest gust of 63 mph occurred at 11:53 PM EST.

High winds, occurring behind an exiting cold front, blew down a tree down onto a power line three miles north of Meadows of Dan. Additionally, a tree was also blown down two miles west-northwest of Check and another four miles south-southeast of Floyd. The downed tree near Floyd …

Widespread snowfall occurred across the county during the morning hours through the late evening of the 8th. Snowfall amounts ranged from 3.3 inches at a location two miles south of Pilot to 6.5 inches at a location two miles south-southeast of Check. Key Impacts: Hazardous trave…

A tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds across Floyd Highway North.

A weather station one mile east southeast of Check measured a gust of 60 mph.

Numerous trees were blown down by non-thunderstorm winds around Floyd County.

Up to 4 inches of snow fell in Floyd County. In addition, ice accumulations of up to two thirds of an inch were reported, with the heaviest amounts near Pilot. Around 9000 people in the county lost power. Key Impacts: power outages, downed trees, road closures.

Between 1.5 and three inches of snow fell in Floyd County, with the highest amount of three inches reported near Copper Valley. Between one-quarter and one-half inch of ice accumulated from freezing rain, and just over 4,000 customers had lost power by the morning of January 7th.…

Around a half an inch of ice was reported in Floyd County, and Shawsville Pike Road was closed. Key Impacts: road closures.

There was an instantaneous gust of 58 mph at a location two miles southeast of Willis. Power outages in Floyd County peaked at around 43 customers around 7:00 AM EST with complete restoration not complete until around 7:00 PM EST.

High winds blew down three trees on Alum Ridge Road.

About 150 trees were downed across the county from high winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Helene, several of which fell into roads and caused road closures. At the peak of the high winds, around early Friday afternoon, nearly 5,000 people were reported without power…

Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees within the Alum Ridge neighborhood. Trees block road lanes and had to be removed by chainsaw. Damage values are estimated.

Gusty winds blew down at least twelve trees across the county, and one of the trees also brought down a power line.

A few trees were blown down by high winds.

Snowfall accumulations ranged from four to six inches across Floyd county, including a measurement of 5.0 inches in Floyd. Key impacts: traffic delays and accidents, as well as scattered power outages.

Severe Drought conditions already in place at the beginning of the month for all of Floyd 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 nearly all of Floyd County on November 21st. This is given precipitation from the beginning of October through mid-November was less than 25 percent of normal. NASA SPoRT LIS data estimated that average soil moisture in the top 100 cm o…

Thunderstorm winds blew down ten trees.

Flooding was observed near along Dodd Creek near Haycock Road and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Water was observed flowing several inches deep over Woods Gap Road as Dodd Creek flooded out of its banks.

A personal weather station recorded a 24-hour rainfall total ending 8:00 AM EDT on the 20th of 3.87 inches.

A personal weather station recorded a 24-hour rainfall total ending 8:00 AM EDT on the 20th of 4.26 inches. Runoff from this location flows into the Little River.

Burks Fork was flooded out of its banks and observed flowing over Weddle Road, making the road impassible. The road was reopened after the flooding receded, and no damage was reported to the road.

Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees on Bethlehem Church Road and Huckleberry Ridge Road.

Wind gusts downed a few trees across the county, with one tree falling on a vehicle. Winds continued to gust over 50 mph into the early evening. Damage values are estimated.

Damaging winds peaking at 64 MPH occurred in the community of Floyd. Strong wind gusts in excess of 45 mph preceded the high wind by one-half hour and continued after the high winds periodically over the next twelve hours.

The combination of very cold temperatures and gusty winds resulted in wind chill values dropping as low as twenty-seven degrees below zero in Floyd and twenty-one degrees below zero at Terrys Fork.

Several trees were downed near Black Ridge Road by the non-thunderstorm winds from the remnants of Ian.

Thunderstorm winds blew three wrist-size diameter limbs and a number of other twigs down off trees along Indian Valley Road between Parker Lane and Horse Ridge Road. Damage values are estimated.

One tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds on the 1900 block of Floyd Highway.

A tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds on Franklin Pike at the intersection with the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds on Dobbins Hollow Road.

Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds on Virginia Route 221.

A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds across Bethlehem Church Road.

Numerous large branches were blown down in the town of Floyd, with some reaching four inches in diameter.

Reports from trained spotters, broadcast media, and the public ranged from 2.8 to 6.8 inches of snow across the county, with highest reports coming from Willis. A glaze of freezing rain as well as up to 1.5 inches of sleet were reported. Key Impacts: Icy and snow covered roads, t…

Snowfall reports from trained spotters and the public ranged from 3.5 to 6.8 inches across the county, with highest reports coming from Pilot and Terrys Fork. Vehicle accidents without injuries occurred. Key Impacts: Snow covered roads, traffic delays, vehicle crashes.

A thunderstorm producing damaging winds downed several trees as well as destroyed a shed on a private residence.

Two trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds on Shooting Creek Road SE.

A line of thunderstorms producing damaging winds knocked a tree down onto Ridgeview Road.

A line of thunderstorms producing damaging winds knocked several trees down in the city of Floyd, with some power lines being brought down by the trees.

A line of thunderstorms producing damaging winds knocked a tree down onto River Ridge Road.