Heavy Rain, Rockingham
- When
- August 19, 4:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.512, -78.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Virginia, August 19, 1999
Thunderstorms producing very heavy rain and strong winds moved across Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties between 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM EDT. Winds gusted to 44 MPH in Timberville, knocking out power around 7:00 PM EDT.
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 LWX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms producing very heavy rain and strong winds moved across Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties between 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM EDT. Winds gusted to 44 MPH in Timberville, knocking out power around 7:00 PM EDT. The community received 2.2 inches of rainfall. Other rainfall reports included 3.27 inches at Bergton, 2.66 inches at Smith Creek, 1.90 inches at Cootes Store, and 1.54 inches at Camp Roosevelt.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Shenandoah
- When
- August 19, 4:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Shenandoah County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.858, -78.571 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, August 19, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 19, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 19, 1999
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 19, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Utah, August 19, 1999
- Damaging Wind in California, August 19, 1999
- Hail in North Carolina, August 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 19 to 26, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 19, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 19, 1999
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, August 1999
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: 5718768, 5718769.