Flash Flood, Montgomery
- When
- May 18, 9:00 PM EST to 11:30 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.174, -80.387 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Virginia, May 18, 1999
On the evening of the 18th, thunderstorms produced very heavy rain resulting in flash flooding. In Christiansburg, police reported several roads flooded and under 8 to 10 inches of water, and A Crab Creek tributary flooded onto Water Street, with flood waters entering a house through its basement windows.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $2,000
- 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.
On the evening of the 18th, thunderstorms produced very heavy rain resulting in flash flooding. In Christiansburg, police reported several roads flooded and under 8 to 10 inches of water, and A Crab Creek tributary flooded onto Water Street, with flood waters entering a house through its basement windows. An NWS employee reported flooding on Route 460 in Blacksburg.
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
- Tornado in Florida, May 18, 1999
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 18, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 18 to 19, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 18, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 18, 1999
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 18, 1999
- Tornado and Waterspouts in Florida, May 18 to 31, 1999
- Tornado and Waterspouts in Florida, May 18 to 30, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 18, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 18, 1999
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, May 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: 5694945.