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Eventdex · Heavy Rain

LYNCHBURG (C)

778384 · 37.403, -79.159

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Event typeevent_typeHeavy Rain
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id778,384
Episode IDepisode_id128,029
Begin UTCbegin_utc2018-08-02T13:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2018-08-03T09:30:00+00:00
StatestateVIRGINIA
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameLYNCHBURG (C)
Latitudelat37.403
Longitudelon-79.159
End latitudeend_lat37.403
End longitudeend_lon-79.159
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceCoCoRaHS
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeA complex, broken line of thunderstorms developed during the afternoon ahead of an approaching cold front producing very heavy rainfall and some embedded severe storms. Trees were blown trees onto power lines, which caused a number of power outages. Henry County and the city of Martinsville suffered the most tree damage and power outages. Rainfall was extremely intense within the very moist environment with precipitable water over 2 inches and several boundary collisions enhancing the rainfall. The highest amounts occurred in the City of Lynchburg and adjacent parts of Campbell County where radar estimated 4 to 6 inches of rain in several hours which was confirmed by several rain gages.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeA CoCoRaHS station at Lynchburg 1.3 SSW (VA-BD-19) measured 6.05 inches for the 24-hour period ending at 330 AM EST on the 3rd. According to local mesonet stations and NWS radar most of the rain fell in intense storms during about a 3-hour period between 500 and 800 PM late afternoon and evening on August 2nd. For a 24-hour period this is roughly a 25-year rain event (.04 annual exceedance probability) but much more extreme (near 1000-year event) for the approximately 3-hour duration of the rain.
Yearyear2,018

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