Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 3, 2001

Name: Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 3, 2001
Start: 2001-08-03T19:55
End: 2001-08-03T21:30
Location: Virginia

August 3, 2001 · NWS RNK · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Heavy rain flooded Route 100 and a hotel, 1 mile south of Dublin and flooded Wilderness Creek Road 2 1/2 miles southeast of Dublin.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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.

Thunderstorms during the evening of the 3rd produced flash flooding.Heavy rain flooded Route 100 and a hotel, 1 mile south of Dublin and flooded Wilderness Creek Road 2 1/2 miles southeast of Dublin.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 7:05 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 7:05 PM EST, 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
805 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001

KFCX AND KRLX RADARS SHOWING DECENT BAND OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS JUST ABOUT TO ENTER MY WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES. WL
UPDATE ZONES TO RAISE POPS FOR TONIGHT IN MY NORTHWESTERN ZONES.
CURRENT LIFTED INDICIES BETWEEN MINUS 1 AND MINUS 3 AND WITH THE
LOSS OF HEATING AND LIMITED UPPER SUPPORT...THINK MOST OF
PRECIPITATION TO OCCUR BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND WL WORD ACCORDINLY IN THE
ZONES. REMAINDER OF FORECAST IS ON TRACK WITH LITTLE IF ANY
ADDITIONAL CHANGES EXPECTED.

.RNK...
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

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The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:56 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Pulaski

When: August 3, 7:55 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Pulaski County, 1 mi S of Dublin
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.064, -80.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Pulaski

When: August 3, 8:15 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
Where: Pulaski County, 3 mi SE of Dublin
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.064, -80.714 (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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Virginia in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Virginia, August 2001

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: 5263402, 5263403.