Flood, Halifax
- When
- January 15, 7:00 AM EST to 4:30 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, January 15, 2006
75 inches. This amount of rain drained into the Dan River and brief minor flooding occurred downstream at South Boston in Halifax County.
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 RNK wrote it up.
Heavy 24 hour rainfall totals in Patrick County Virginia on the 13th into the 14th of January ranged from roughly 2.5 to 3.75 inches. This amount of rain drained into the Dan River and brief minor flooding occurred downstream at South Boston in Halifax County. The Dan River at South Boston has a flood stage of 19 feet. The river crested at 19.48 feet at 13:00 EST on the 15th.
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 Jan 15, 6:09 AM EST, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 6:09 AM EST, 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 609 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2006 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA LEVELS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING. ALL HEADLINES HAVE EXPIRES. TEXT PRODUCTS WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THIS BEFORE 7:00 AM. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WITH ISOLD MVFR CIGS IN KBLF EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TODAY. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDINESS BY MONDAY MORNING. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 351 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2006) SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)... LOW PRESSURE AROUND ISP THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST TODAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS CREATED BY THIS MORNING STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SLOWLY RELAX AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. KEPT HIGH TEMPERATURES COOLER IN THE WEST WITH UPSLOPE CLOUDS AND FLURRIES AND RAISED SOUTHEAST PORTION A FEW DEGREES WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. LOWER DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES IN GENERAL ACROSS CWA. UPPER RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOWERED MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR TONIGHT WITH LIGHT WINDS. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... 850 MB TEMPERATURES WARM UP TO +3 TO +6 RANGE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WITH ONLY MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS EXPECTED WILL GO ON THE WARM SIDE OF MAV/MET GUIDANCE. SOME LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING THEN A FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. USING THE SLOWER NAM FOR THE TIMING OF THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. KEPT ONLY LOW CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE GRIDDED DATA UNTIL BETTER LIFT AND DEEPER MOISTURE ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY NIGHT. NOT MUCH DROP IN TEMPERATURE TUESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THERE SHOULD BE A THICK OVERCAST WITH A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AND WARM AIR ADVECTION. LOWS IN THE FAR WEST MAY DROP OFF AROUND 12Z WEDNESDAY MORNING. NO CHANGES WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WITH ISOLD MVFR CIGS WITH UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW FLURRIES IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TODAY. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH SOME WAA HIGH CLOUDINESS. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && AMS/KK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 6:16 AM EST, 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 616 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2006 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-059- WVZ042>045-161100- 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-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 616 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. VAZ058-161100- HALIFAX- 616 AM EST SUN JAN 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE DAN RIVER AT SOUTH BOSTON TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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
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- Winter Storm and Strong Wind in New Hampshire, January 15, 2006
More
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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: 5487513.