August 14, 2011
ShareNelson County, Virginia What a weekend! At least part of it. Partly Sunny skies turned to a deluge of rain Saturday night with some locations in Greenfield getting 11 inches of rain in under 6 hours. The Idlebrink Farm gauge in Greenfield reported 8.23 inches before midnight Saturday and another 2.79 by 4:30 PM on [...]
July 7, 2011
ShareFLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1102 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011 …FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT… THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MARYLAND…THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA…VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN MARYLAND…ANNE ARUNDEL…CALVERT…CARROLL…CHARLES… FREDERICK MD…HARFORD…HOWARD…MONTGOMERY…NORTHERN BALTIMORE…PRINCE GEORGES…SOUTHERN BALTIMORE AND ST. MARYS. THE [...]
April 18, 2011
ShareAfton Nelson/Albemarle County, VA Last weekend we showed you how the torrential floods from severe storms forced a family from their home at the intersection of Route 151 & 250. Within minutes water rushing down from Afton Mountain surrounded the house with water going at least 1/3rd of the way up to the roof line. [...]
April 17, 2011
ShareNelson County, Virginia After a Saturday full of flooding and tornadoes, it was nice to see clear blue skies. NCL Mountain Photographer, Paul Purpura, captured it perfectly Sunday after all of the storms had moved well east into the Atlantic. Tweet This Post
April 16, 2011
ShareIntense rains that began Saturday morning ad rescue crews busy in the afternoon as homeowners and motorists are coped with rising flash flood waters. The intersection of Routes 250 and 151 in the Albemarle County side of Afton was the scene of a Rockfish Valley Fire Dept. rescue of a family trapped in their house [...]
March 10, 2011
ShareNelson County, Virginia Heavy rains and thunderstorms moved through Nelson County and much of Central Virginia Thursday afternoon. The expectation of flooding was enough for Nelson County School officials to close schools for the day. Victoria Gomez Mininger, captured these shots of flooding in eastern Nelson County Thursday afternoon. Victoria owns Blackberry Creek Photography and [...]
September 30, 2010
ShareNelson County, Virginia September 2010 started off very dry, but ended very wet! As we’ve been talking about here at NCL over in Tommy’s Weather, heavy rains and lots of tropical moisture hit the area Thursday creating flooding in some parts of Nelson. By far the hardest hit areas were in the coastal regions of [...]
August 25, 2010
ShareNelson County, Virginia Everyone agreed, we needed the rain, just not all at once! Lots of heavy rain fell on most of Nelson County during the mid-morning hours Tuesday. Flash Flood Warnings were in effect for much of the morning and early afternoon for Nelson County. Here at NCL in Greenfield we picked up a [...]
March 11, 2010
ShareNelson County, Virginia For the first time this year temps reached 70° or greater this week. A sign that spring is on the way after a record breaking winter for snowfall. Though most of the snow has already melted in the valley portions of Nelson County, in the mountains it’s a different story. Feet and [...]
January 27, 2010
ShareNelson County, Virginia After this past weekend’s major flooding, most roads in Nelson County are now back open. Though some roads still may have washed out spots and debris. “South Powell Island Road is washed out, Mill Creek Road in Montebello is muddy and icy, and the North Fork Road in Tyro is still water [...]