An intense nor'easter produced heavy rain across much of central and eastern Virginia. Rainfall amounts ranged from three to as much as thirteen inches over the area, with the highest totals between seven and thirteen inches occurring over southeast Virginia.
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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 AKQ wrote it up.
An intense nor'easter produced heavy rain across much of central and eastern Virginia. Rainfall amounts ranged from three to as much as thirteen inches over the area, with the highest totals between seven and thirteen inches occurring over southeast Virginia.
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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 11, 11:44 AM EST, 16 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
52 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county. Onley recorded 6.25 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and six inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and five inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and six inches across the county. Ruther Glen recorded 5.30 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between five and eight inches across the county. Chesapeake Municipal Airport (CPK) recorded 5.08 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county. Midlothian recorded 5.93 inches of rain. Chester recorded 5.67 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and six inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and five inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and six inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county. Waste Water Treatment Plant recorded 7.04 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and six inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and five inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and five inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between six and twelve inches across the county. Hampton recorded 12.23 inches of rain. Langley Air Force Base (LFI) recorded 10.73 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and six inches across the county. Ashland Hanover Municipal Airport (OFP) recorded 6.08 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and six inches across the county. Six miles northwest of Richmond recorded 5.86 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and six inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county. Smithfield recorded 6.93 inches of rain. Carrsville recorded 6.11 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between five and eight inches across the county. Five miles northwest of Williamsburg recorded 7.06 inches of rain. Norge recorded 5.74 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and six inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and six inches across the county. West Point recorded 5.43 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and five inches across the county. Bumpass recorded 3.86 inches of rain. Gordonsville recorded 3.27 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and five inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and five inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between six and twelve inches across the county. Newport News recorded 12.23 inches of rain. Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport recorded 10.07 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between six and eleven inches across the county. Fentress recorded 10.14 inches of rain. Norfolk International Airport recorded 7.77 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and eight inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and five inches across the county. Lottsburg recorded 3.17 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and six inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and six inches across the county. Petersburg/Dinwiddie County Airport recorded 5.00 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between five and nine inches across the county. Portsmouth recorded 8.71 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and six inches across the county. Powhatan recorded 5.43 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and five inches across the county. Farmville recorded 4.53 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county. Disputanta recorded 6.26 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and six inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and six inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between five and eleven inches across the county. Thirteen miles northeast of Suffolk recorded 11.19 inches of rain. Suffolk Municipal Airport recorded 6.23 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county.
Rainfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches across the county. NWS Wakefield recorded 6.75 inches of rain. Wakefield Municipal Airport recorded 6.03 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between seven and thirteen inches across the county. One mile southwest of Virginia Beach recorded 12.81 inches of rain. Oceana Naval Air Station recorded 10.78 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between three and five inches across the county. Five miles east southeast of Montross recorded 3.84 inches of rain. One mile south southeast of Colonial Beach recorded 3.73 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between five and eight inches across the county. Williamsburg recorded 5.46 inches of rain.
Rainfall amounts ranged between six and ten inches across the county. Three miles southeast of Yorktown recorded 8.26 inches of rain. Yorktown spotter recorded 7.41 inches of rain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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