Drought, Buchanan
- When
- October 14, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Buchanan forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 37.267, -82.036 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Virginia, October 14 to 31, 2008
Drought conditions slowly intensified during the late summer and into the autumn. The drought classification reached D2 by mid October across Buchanan and Dickenson Counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 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 RLX wrote it up.
Drought conditions slowly intensified during the late summer and into the autumn. The drought classification reached D2 by mid October across Buchanan and Dickenson Counties.
October rainfall was mostly 1.5 to 1.9 inches.
Many small headwater streams or runs were not flowing. In the Birchleaf area of Dickenson County, springs were dry. Some of those springs were used to fill storage tanks for drinking water.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Dickenson
- When
- October 14, 12:00 AM EST to October 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Dickenson forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 37.126, -82.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in California, October 14, 2008
- Drought in Virginia, October 14 to 31, 2008
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Huron, October 14, 2008
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, October 14, 2008
- High Wind in Michigan, October 14, 2008
- High Wind in Montana, October 14, 2008
- Drought in West Virginia, October 14 to 31, 2008
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake St. Clair, October 14, 2008
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, October 2008
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: 137215, 137216.