In addition, as the northern portion of the storm circulation moved across Southside VA, bands of deep convection developed and mixed strong winds down to the surface. Major flooding was reported at several river gauge locations along with several record crests. The massive volume of water then generated rapid rises on area rivers, including the New, Roanoke, and Dan. This resulted in significant flash flooding with flash flood emergencies issued for Roanoke city/county and southern Pittsylvania county including the city of Danville. Widespread rainfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches were reported, along with local amounts over 10 inches, mainly from the mountains of NC up through Southside VA. ![]() The deep flow of tropical moisture into the Appalachians and central mid Atlantic region ahead of the storm began to generate excessive rainfall across portions of the region mainly along the Interstate 77 corridor as early as Wednesday evening.Īs the storm circulation approached late Wednesday night, a cold front moving in from the west interacted with the storm and enhanced rainfall especially southeast of Interstate 81. ![]() Hurricane Michael made landfall as a strong Category 4 storm along the Florida panhandle on Wednesday afternoon October 10th, then tracked northeastward with the northern portion of the storm circulation tracking across Southside, VA Thursday afternoon, October 11th.
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