Flash Flood, Surry
- When
- June 29, 8:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Surry County, Westfield
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 36.483, -80.617
Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 29, 2005
Flash flooding occurred along portions of Tom's Creek near the town of Westfield and caused a road washout and some property damage. Radar estimated 3 inches of rain in less than an hour in the flash flood region.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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 RNK wrote it up.
Flash flooding occurred along portions of Tom's Creek near the town of Westfield and caused a road washout and some property damage. Radar estimated 3 inches of rain in less than an hour in the flash flood region.
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 29, 6:23 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 6:23 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 5:33 AM EST, 14 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 633 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-301045- ASHE-ALLEGHANY-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- 633 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:36 PM EST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 336 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 NCZ003-004-020-292100- SURRY-STOKES-YADKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...YADKINVILLE 336 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MOUNT AIRY... A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL PERSIST AROUND MOUNT AIRY THROUGH AT LEAST 4:30 PM. GIVEN THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES COULD OCCUR ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND SOME SMALL HAIL. VERY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. SOME LOCALIZED POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORMS SHOULD DRIFT SOUTHEAST INTO PARTS OF STOKES AND YADKIN COUNTIES BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:30 PM. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:28 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 428 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 VAZ047-292115- BUCKINGHAM VA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF BUCKINGHAM 430 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH BUCKINGHAM COUNTY... AT 427 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTENARY TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINGINA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. STRONG GUST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER AND MINOR FLOODING ALONG SOME ROADWAYS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:25 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 525 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 VAZ045-292215- CAMPBELL VA- 525 PM EDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH CAMPBELL COUNTY... AT 522 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSTBURG...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. STRONG GUST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER AND MINOR FLOODING ALONG SOME ROADWAYS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 29, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 29 to 30, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 29 to 30, 2005
- Heat in Louisiana, June 29, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 29, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 29, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 29, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 29, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29 to 30, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 29, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 2005
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2005
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: 5467433.