Flash Flood, Wythe
- When
- June 4, 2:55 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wythe County, Rural Retreat
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.917, -81.079 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 4, 2000
5 miles northwest of Rural Retreat.
Where it happened
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- 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 RNK wrote it up.
Heavy thunderstorm rains during the afternoon of the 4th flooded small streams in Rural Retreat, and a small stream onto fields 1.5 miles northwest of Rural Retreat.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Wythe
- When
- June 4, 2:55 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wythe County, 2 mi NW of Rural Retreat
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 4, 2000
- Rip Current in Florida, June 4, 2000
- Rip Current in California, June 4, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 4 to 5, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, June 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 4, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, June 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 4, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, June 4, 2000
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 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: 5152834, 5152835.