Heavy Rain, Buchanan
- When
- November 24, 9:00 PM EST to November 26, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Buchanan County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.267, -82.036 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Virginia, November 24 to 26, 1999
5 inches fell over a prolong 2 day period around Thanksgiving. This was the heaviest precipitation event to date in 1999 for many of the communities.
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 RLX wrote it up.
Welcome and needed rains of 2 to 3.5 inches fell over a prolong 2 day period around Thanksgiving. This was the heaviest precipitation event to date in 1999 for many of the communities. It was also the first event to begin the normal winter recharge of the depleted ground water from the summer drought.
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, Dickenson
- When
- November 24, 9:00 PM EST to November 26, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dickenson County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.126, -82.350 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 24 to 25, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 24 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, November 24 to 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 24 to 26, 1999
- Storm Surge in Alaska, November 24, 1999
- High Wind in Michigan, November 24, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Oregon, November 24 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, November 24, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Washington, November 24, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, November 24, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, November 24 to 25, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, November 24, 1999
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, November 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5723082, 5723083.