Virginia, 2001

Flash Flood in Virginia, July 29, 2001

July 29, 2001 · NWS MRX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Water damage to numerous homes

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 MRX wrote it up.

Water damage to numerous homes

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 Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 29, 6:20 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 6:20 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
720 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001

AFTER A REVIEW OF THE 29/06Z MODEL DATA FOR THE REST OF TODAY...THE
STRONGER LOW- TO MID- LVL FORCING WORKING ON PLENTIFUL MOISTURE
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA REMAINS IN THE NORTH...ALREADY COVERED BY A
FFA OUT TO 29/20Z. THE FACT THAT 1-HR FFG VALUES MAINLY RANGE FROM
1.7 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR IN THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA MAKES
THIS DECISION A BIT EASIER.

.MRX...
NC...NONE.
TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SUNDAY FOR ZONES TNZ012>018...TNZ035...
TNZ042>047.

VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SUNDAY FOR ZONES VAZ001>002...
VAZ005>006...VAZ008.

DM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 3:24 AM EST, 5 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
424 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0300 AM    JONESVILLE                VA   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   LEE                            5 - 6 INCHES OF WATER IN
                                          HOME IN STONE CREEK.
                                          MUDSLIDES AND ROADS UNDER
                                          WATER AT JONESVILLE, DEEP
                                          SPRINGS, PENNINGTON GAP AND
                                          DRYDEN. REPORTED BY
                                          DISPATCH.
Local storm report, Jul 29, 4:30 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
530 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0510 AM    FORT BLACKMORE            VA   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   SCOTT                          ON ROUTE 657 AT STONEY
                                          CREEK. PEOPLE TRAPPED BY
                                          HIGH WATER. REPORTED BY
                                          EMO.

0515 AM    BIG STONE GAP             VA   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   WISE                           SOME EVACUATIONS, ROADS
                                          CLOSED OR UNDERWATER IN
                                          SEVERAL AREAS OF CITY.
                                          REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
Local storm report, Jul 29, 4:58 AM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
558 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0545 AM    ABINGDON                  VA   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   WASHINGTON                     WATER OVER HWY 609 AND TWO
                                          FEET OF WATER OVER ROADWAY
                                          LEADING TO CITY JAIL.
                                          REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

GM
Local storm report, Jul 29, 6:06 AM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
706 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0700 AM    SOUTHERN PART COUNTY      VA   FLASH FLOODS
07/29/01   RUSSELL                        HIGHWAY 65 IN SOUTHERN
                                          PART OF COUNTY NEAR SCOTT
                                          COUNTY IMPASSABLE DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER. REPORTED BY
                                          DISPATCH.

GM

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Bristol (C)

When
July 29, 9:00 AM EST to 11:30 AM EST
Where
Bristol (C) County, Bristol
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.597, -82.188 (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

More

Every storm in Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 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: 5261920.