Virginia, 2001

Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 25, 2001

June 25, 2001 · NWS RNK · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Heavy thunderstorm rains caused small streams and creeks in Rugby to flood, and caused Wilson Creek to flood Route 58 with 1 to 2 feet of water, one mile north of Rugby.

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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.

Thunderstorms during the evening of the 25th produced flash flooding.Heavy thunderstorm rains caused small streams and creeks in Rugby to flood, and caused Wilson Creek to flood Route 58 with 1 to 2 feet of water, one mile north of Rugby.

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 Jun 25, 7:45 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 7:45 PM EST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
845 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001

RADAR SHOWING BROKEN TRAIN OF TSRA CONTG TO FEED NW ACROSS THE NC
MOUNTAINS THIS EVE IN UPSLOPE SE TRAJ ARND PARKED UPR LOW OVER ERN
TN. MESO-ETA CONTS TO PEG THIS AREA OVRNGT WITH GOOD UVV AND LOW LVL
CONVERGENCE AS NEXT WEAK S/W ROTATES ARND UPR SYSTEM. SIMILAR TO
LAST NGT APRS ENOUGH UPSLOPE ENHANCED BY UPR DIFFLUENCE TO OVERRIDE
LOSS OF HEATING AND LINGER HEAVY RAIN THREAT AT LEAST A WHILE
LONGER. GIVEN PROGGED QPF OF BETTER THAN ANOTHER INCH OVER NW NC AND
SATURATED CONDS FROM RAIN THIS EVE...PLAN TO RAISE A SHORT TERM FFA
FOR 4 NW NC COUNTIES OVRNGT. ELSW...GOING FCST GNRLY ON TRACK WITH
LOW LVL STABILITY LIMITING ADTNL CVRG TO SPOTS ALONG/WEST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE OVRNGT. MAY NEED TO ADD IN A BIT MORE POP SW VA/SE WVA
AND REMOVE MIDNGT WORDING OTRW ONLY SMALL ADTNL CHANGES TO REMAINDER
OF FCST ATTM.

.RNK...
NC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT NCZ001-002-018-019.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

JH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:12 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
712 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001

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

0701 PM    WEST JEFFERSON            NC   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/25/01   ASHE                           REPORTED BY SHERIFF
Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:31 PM EST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
931 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001

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

0900 PM    4 W MOUTH OF WILSON       VA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/25/01   GRAYSON                        REPORTED BY GRAYSON COUNTY
                                          STATE PARK

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The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:37 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Grayson

When
June 25, 8:35 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
Where
Grayson County, 1 mi N of Rugby
Reported by
UNKNOWN
Coordinates
36.657, -81.225 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Grayson

When
June 25, 8:40 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where
Grayson County, Rugby
Reported by
UNKNOWN
Coordinates
36.657, -81.225 (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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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: 5252119, 5252118.