Heavy Rain, Nelson
- When
- July 31, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nelson County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.787, -78.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Virginia, July 31, 2000
Isolated thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall across the central and southern Shenandoah Valley during the afternoon of the 31st. 00 inches was recorded in Tye River.
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.
Isolated thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall across the central and southern Shenandoah Valley during the afternoon of the 31st. In Nelson County, 2.00 inches was recorded in Tye River. In Rappahannock County, 1.68 inches was reported at Massie's Corner.
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, Rappahannock
- When
- July 31, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rappahannock County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.685, -78.159 (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 North Dakota, July 31, 2000
- Heat in Texas, July 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, July 31, 2000
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, July 31, 2000
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 31, 2000
- Wildfire in Montana, July 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New York, July 31, 2000
- Flash Flood in Indiana, July 31, 2000
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 2000
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: 5165073, 5165074.