June 17, 2011
ShareNelson County, Virginia Around 3PM Friday afternoon some very intense thunderstorms moved across Nelson. It was just one of several severe thunderstorms that affected people in Central Virginia. Numerous reports of hail came in across Nelson with a more severe report in neighboring Scottsville where hail broke out some windows. Look for scattered thunderstorms to [...]
May 18, 2011
ShareStoney Creek / Nellysford Nelson County, Virginia We all know about the rain for the past several days, no doubt! But Charlie Duncan in Stoney Creek found out how saturated the ground was thanks to an early morning storm that blew an oak tree right onto his house. Charlie tells NCL’s Mountain Photographer, Paul Purpura, [...]
April 17, 2011
ShareNelson County, Virginia One day after 5 to 7 inches of rain poured off of the mountains in Western Nelson County, some roads either remain closed or damaged from intense flooding that hit Saturday afternoon. Nelson County Life followed the story minute by minute in pictures as it unfolded in this original breaking post. Tommy [...]
September 23, 2010
ShareNellysford Nelson County, Virginia The final day of summer didn’t leave without putting up a big fight! Isolated severe thunderstorms moved through the area late Wednesday afternoon. Our NCL Devils Backbone Weather Station @ 664 & 151 recorded a 46 MPH wind gust as the storms moved through. That rain gauge picked up just over [...]
November 12, 2009
SharePiney River Nelson County, Virginia An Amherst County man lost his life early Thursday morning in a sequence of events that initially started out because of the recent heavy rains and wind in the Nelson area. According Virginia State Trooper, AT Covey, Al Fleming, was driving his Ford pickup east on Route 56 in Piney [...]