Flash Flood, Bland
- When
- May 6, 6:35 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Bland County, Ceres
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 37.134, -81.130 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Virginia, May 6, 1996
Runoff from heavy rain flooded roads and basements in Ceres and washed livestock away, washed out roads and resulted in evacuations in portions of Smyth County.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- 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 rain during the evening hours on the 6th resulted in flash flooding in portions of southwest Virginia.Runoff from heavy rain flooded roads and basements in Ceres and washed livestock away, washed out roads and resulted in evacuations in portions of Smyth County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in New Mexico, May 6 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, May 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, May 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 6, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 6, 1996
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, May 1996
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: 5554554.