Flood, Pittsylvania
- When
- March 4, 2:00 AM EST to March 5, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pittsylvania forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.704, -79.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Virginia, March 4 to 6, 1997
5 feet above flood stage at Danville at 1400 EST on the 4th, just over half a foot above flood stage at Paces at 0330 EST on the 5th, and just over 4 feet above flood stage at South Boston at 1230 EST on the 5th.
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 rainfall during the early part of March resulted in minor flooding on the Dan River.The Dan River crested almost 1.5 feet above flood stage at Danville at 1400 EST on the 4th, just over half a foot above flood stage at Paces at 0330 EST on the 5th, and just over 4 feet above flood stage at South Boston at 1230 EST on the 5th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Halifax
- When
- March 4, 6:00 PM EST to March 6, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Halifax forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.767, -78.937 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Blizzard in North Dakota, March 4, 1997
- Dense Fog in Florida, March 4, 1997
- Blizzard in Minnesota, March 4, 1997
- Dense Fog in Colorado, March 4 to 5, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 4, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, March 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 4, 1997
- Hail in Texas, March 4, 1997
- Hail in Arkansas, March 4, 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: 5605727, 5603654.