Flash Flood, Smyth
- When
- March 3, 11:45 AM EST to 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Smyth County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 36.844, -81.537 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Virginia, March 3, 1997
Heavy rain during the late morning and early afternoon hours on the 3rd produced flash flooding which resulted in the closing of several roads throughout Smyth and Henry Counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 late morning and early afternoon hours on the 3rd produced flash flooding which resulted in the closing of several roads throughout Smyth and Henry Counties.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:46 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Henry
- When
- March 3, 12:00 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Henry County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 36.685, -79.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 3 to 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 3, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 3, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, March 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, March 3 to 4, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 3, 1997
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, March 1997
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: 5605725, 5605726.