Two to four inches of rain created flash flooding in Henry county.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Two to four inches of rain created flash flooding in Henry county.
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 Sep 1, 12:10 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 110 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER GREAT LAKES WILL BE SINKING INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC THIS WEEKEND. A FEW WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL ROUND ITS SOUTHERN PERIPHERY BY SUNDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL STALL TO OUR NORTH BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES SETTING UP THE NORTHEASTERLY AND EASTERLY FLOW ONCE AGAIN BY MIDWEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... 00Z SOUNDINGS AT RNK AND GSO SHOW ONLY WEAK INSTABILITY...WITH A 500 CAPE ABOVE THE COOLED BOUNDARY LAYER AT RNK...AND EVEN LOWER- JUST 229 CAPE AT GSO. CONVECTION FIRED UP IN THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE BETWEEN NW FLOW ACROSS WV AND NE FLOW ALONG THE APPLNS. THE SHOWERS/ ISOLD TSTMS HAVE FORMED UP INTO A BROKEN LINE AT THIS TIME- CLOSE TO WHAT THE NAM HAS BEEN FCSTNG. MSAS AND LAPS SHOW THE BEST INSTABILITY/LL CONVERGENCE RIGHT ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE...AND HAS BEEN STEADILY WEAKENING. MAIN CONCERN HAS BEEN THE TRAINING OF STORMS AND SLOW MOVEMENT SOUTHWEST. HAVE HAD TO ISSUE A FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ROCKBRIDGE...AND OTHER SMALLER AREAS MAY ALSO HAVE MINOR FLOOD PROBLEMS. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE LINE WILL MAKE A LITTLE MORE SOUTHWARD PROGRESS WHILE THE SHOWERS/TSTMS CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN. I HAVE ADJUSTED THE POPS ACCORDINGLY...AND HAVE HIGHER POPS ALONG WHERE THE LINE IS INTO ABOUT 06Z...THEN DROP THEM OFF A LOT AT THAT POINT. FCST LOW LOOK ON TRACK...AND I ONLY NEEDED MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO HOURLY TEMPS/DEWPOINTS AND WINDS. FRONT WILL BE BOWING OVER THRU THE CWA OVERNIGHT BEFORE SLIDING INTO NORTH CAROLINA EARLY SATURDAY. DECENT SURFACE HIGH WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH IN WAKE OF THE FRONT SAT ALLOWING ADVECTION OF DRIER/COOLER AIR TO TAKE PLACE. HOWEVER BOUNDARY ALONG WITH MOISTURE GRADIENT LIKELY TO GET STUCK OVER SW VA/NW NC WHERE WILL NEED TO KEEP CHANCE POPS. SINCE INSTABILITY LOOKS LACKING PER NAM IN EASTERLY FLOW WILL LIMIT TSRA CHANCES TO THE FAR SW. OTRW CLEARING NORTHERN HALF UNDER NE FLOW AND SUBSIDENCE SLIDING SOUTHWARD. AGAIN LIKE LOW TEMPS CLOSER TO WARMER MET MOS OVERNIGHT AS GFS APPEARS TOO FAST WITH DRY AIR...WHILE WARMER MAV LIKELY BETTER FOR HIGHS SATURDAY ESPCLY OUTSIDE OF CLOUD COVER. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... BROAD EASTERLY FLOW BRINGS MOISTURE AND A FEW DISTURBANCES FROM THE CAROLINA COASTINE BY SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOME NC COUNTIES. OP GFS IS AN OUTLIER IN REGARDS TO NORTHERN ADVANCE OF MEASURABLE PRECIP NEAR TNB AND GEV. CONTINUED TREND OF CHC POPS AT MOST IN THESE PARTS LATE SAT NIGHT AND FOR PART OF SUNDAY. GFS ENSEMBLES DO NOT BRING QPF AS FAR NORTH...SO NOT OTT CONFIDENT IN FOLLOWING THE SOLUTION OF ONLY ONE MODEL. THERE WILL BE MORE CLDS THOUGH AND MAYBE SPRINKLES IN THE EXTREME SW. SOME COOLER MORNINGS ARE AHEAD SAT NIGHT AND SUN NIGHT. COOLEST SHOULD BE SUNDAY NIGHT...AS FLOW TURNS MORE SOUTHERLY AND WINDS ARE LIGHTER WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE CELL DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. CLOULD SHIEDL MAY ALSO EXTEND INTO THE ROA-BCB CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY...SO SATURDAY LOOKS LIKE THE BRIGHTER DAY. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... MOISTURE COMES BACK AROUND HIGH PRESSURE WITH RETURNING SW FLOW...SO POP CHCS WILL SLOWLY INC FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE WEEK. HOWEVER...SW FLOW IS QUICKLY ABATED AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BEHIND A WEAK BOUNDARY PASSING TO OUR NORTH...ALLOWING NE FLOW REGIME TO SETUP ONCE AGAIN TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. ANY CHCS FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION ON TUESDAY WILL BE PUSHED TO THE FAR SW BY WEDNESDAY BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE. WEAKNESS AT H5 IN THE ARKLATEX WILL PREVENT A RETURN INTIALLY TO 90S ACROSS THE BLUE ATTM...BEST CHC FOR PRECIP WILL ARRIVE ON FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO BE SHOVED OFF THE COAST. && .AVIATION /06Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SCT MVFR CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY. FRONT SHOULD PUSH SOUTH OF THE REGION SATURDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY LIGHT N/NE FLOW AND DRIER ADVECTION ESPCLY OVER THE NORTH LATE. HOWEVER...ONSHORE FLOW MAY CAUSE MVFR TYPE CIGS TO DEVELOP EASTERN SITES AND OCNL IFR SE WVA WHERE FOG/STRATUS ARE POSSIBLE LATE. DRIER AIR SHOULD WORK SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. BLF/ROA MAY BE SLOW TO MIX OUT SATURDAY AS THE BOUNDARY HANGS UP OVER NW NC. THUS LEAVING IN A MVFR CLOUD LAYER THERE THRU AT LEAST MIDDAY. OTRW IMPROVING CONDITIONS TO VFR CIGS ELSEWHERE WITH A DECENT AMOUNT OF HAZE AROUND PROMPTING PERIODS OF MVFR VSBYS AT TIMES. OTRW VFR EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK OUTSIDE OF PATCHY MORNING VALLEY FOG AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TSRA OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY MID WEEK. && .EQUIPMENT... COMMS PROBLEMS CONTINUE AT RDA SITE WITH THE RADAR BACK DOWN THIS EVENING. REPAIR PARTS ARE ON ORDER. THE KFCX 88D RADAR MAY BE UP AT TIMES TONIGHT. REFER TO ADJACENT RADARS KLWX...KRLX...KGSP AND KRAX. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KM NEAR TERM...JH/JJ SHORT TERM...KM LONG TERM...KM AVIATION...KK/RCS EQUIPMENT...JJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 337 AM EDT FRI AUG 31 2007 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-010745- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- 337 AM EDT FRI AUG 31 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1255 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007 VAZ033-043-010600- FRANKLIN VA-HENRY VA- 1255 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007 AT 1253 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARTINSVILLE CITY...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHATMOSS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...MARTINSVILLE CITY AT 105 AM EDT... CHATMOSS AT 110 AM EDT...AXTON AT 115 AM EDT...MARTINSVILLE AIRPORT...HORSE PASTURE AT 125 AM EDT...SPENCER AT 130 AM EDT... EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 300 AM. STONEFIELD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 153 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007 NCZ003-010700- SURRY NC- 153 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007 AT 149 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT AIRY...OR ABOUT OVER TOAST...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...PINE RIDGE AT 205 AM EDT...WHITE PLAINS...WHITE PLAINS AT 210 AM EDT...ARARAT AT 215 AM EDT...BOTTOM AT 235 AM EDT...DOBSON... FAIRVIEW AT 300 AM EDT... EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 400 AM. STONEFIELD
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:39 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Buildings were flooded on Memorial Boulevard and the 800 block of Forest Street Extension. Six residences were relocated to a motel.
Several roads closed near Martinsville. A Pipe was washed out along Route 657. A car stalled driving through high water on Smith Lake Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, September 2007
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: 60117, 60118.