Flash Flood, Carroll
- When
- June 27, 12:45 PM EST to 1:40 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, 2 mi SW of Hillsville
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 36.732, -80.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 27, 2000
Lightning struck a house in Galax, starting a fire that damaged the roof and attic.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 thunderstorm rains during the afternoon and evening produced flash flooding and damaging lightning.Heavy thunderstorm rains flooded and closed Farmers Market Road 2 miles southwest of Hillsville, flooded and closed roads in Max Meadows, flooded Thornes Spring Creek in Dublin, and flooded and closed Route 11 in Fairfield.Lightning struck a house in Galax, starting a fire that damaged the roof and attic.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Galax (C)
- When
- June 27, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Galax (C) County, Galax
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.661, -80.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Rockbridge
- When
- June 27, 3:30 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Rockbridge County, Fairfield
- Reported by
- AIRPLANE PILOT
- Coordinates
- 37.815, -79.448 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Pulaski
- When
- June 27, 5:55 PM EST to 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Pulaski County, Dublin
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.064, -80.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Wythe
- When
- June 27, 6:25 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Wythe County, Max Meadows
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.917, -81.079 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, June 27, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Connecticut, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, June 27, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, June 27, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, June 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Maryland, June 27, 2000
More
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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: 5152005, 5152009, 5152008, 5152007, 5152006.