Flood, Halifax
- When
- October 9, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Halifax forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.767, -78.937 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Virginia, October 9, 2005
Rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Tammy resulted in brief minor flooding along the Dan River at South Boston. Flood stage is 19 feet.
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
- 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.
Rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Tammy resulted in brief minor flooding along the Dan River at South Boston. Flood stage is 19 feet. The river crested at 19.6 feet at 19:00 EST 10/09/05.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Colorado, October 9 to 11, 2005
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 9 to 13, 2005
- High Wind in Alaska, October 9, 2005
- Flooding in New Hampshire, October 9 to 11, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, October 9, 2005
- Flooding in New York, October 9 to 10, 2005
- Flood in Vermont, October 9, 2005
- Winter Weather in Colorado, October 9 to 10, 2005
- Flooding in Massachusetts, October 9 to 11, 2005
- Flooding in Maine, October 9 to 10, 2005
- Flooding in Vermont, October 9, 2005
- Flooding in Connecticut, October 9 to 12, 2005
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5478451.