Flood, Halifax
- When
- January 28, 4:00 PM EST to January 29, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Halifax forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.767, -78.937 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Virginia, January 28 to 29, 1996
Several small creeks and streams overflowed their banks in Bluefield and in most of Bland and Pulaksi Counties which closed a few roads and flooded many others. Runoff from heavy rain resulted in minor flooding on the lower end of the Roanoke River from late on the 27th to the early morning hours on the 29th.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall during the morning hours on the 28th resulted in flash flooding and then flooding on some rivers.Several small creeks and streams overflowed their banks in Bluefield and in most of Bland and Pulaksi Counties which closed a few roads and flooded many others. Flood waters damaged the Town Hall and several businesses in Bluefield, resulted in the evacuations of several people in Tazewell County, flooded route 501 in Glasgow, closed route 608 over Sinking Creek near Maybrook in Giles County, and resulted in a mud/rock slide 2 miles north of Narrows in Giles County.Runoff from heavy rain resulted in minor flooding on the lower end of the Roanoke River from late on the 27th to the early morning hours on the 29th. The Roanoke River crested almost 2 feet above flood stage at Randolph at 1200 EST on the 28th.Runoff from heavy rain resulted in minor flooding on the lower end of the James River on the 28th. The James River crested almost 1.5 feet above flood stage at Bremo Bluff at 1400 EST on the 28th.Runoff from heavy rain resulted in minor flooding on the lower end of the Dan River on the 28th and 29th. The Dan River crested just over flood stage at Paces at 1030 EST on the 28th and almost 3 feet over flood stage at South Boston at 0700 EST on the 29th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Washington, January 28, 1996
- Cold in Montana, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- High Wind in New Mexico, January 28, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 30, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 28 to 30, 1996
- Cold in Wyoming, January 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5542528.