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Flooding Causes Damage in Patrick County
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First Alert: Unsettled weather continues
Temperatures dip to the 60s and 70s during the overnight. Any of today’s flood alerts have since expired. Increased humidity will carry on into Tuesday, as well as the chances for pop-up showers and storms. Make sure to bring the rain gear if you’re heading out to the polls! Highs will warm into the mid to upper 70s.
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A Very Rainy Weekend and Week Ahead!
Severe possibilities on Sunday – Saturday Evening Update:. Rain has been popping up across the region, and will last off-and-on throughout the evening. Some areas will remain mostly dry, including those in eastern Southside and the western NRV, but a few quick showers are possible as we wrap the evening up.
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New River levels to rise Thursday during Claytor Dam test
PULASKI COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)- Water levels downstream from Claytor Lake will temporarily rise Thursday, July 30 due to a hydroelectric test from Appalachian Power (APCo). Water levels along the New River are expected to rise 2.5 feet in areas closest to the dam, including Radford. Water flows will peak during the afternoon.
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Drought and storms push tomato crops nearly a month behind at Blacksburg Farmers Market
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Farmers at the Blacksburg Farmers Market say drought and torrential rain have created a difficult summer season, with some crops running nearly a month behind schedule. Stu, a vendor with Green Market Farms, said the tomato crop — the farm’s largest field crop — has been...
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Breezy and dry Wednesday after record-breaking rainfall
Our Wednesday is looking absolutely stunning in the wake of Tuesday’s strong storms. While we are dry on Wednesday, Roanoke set a record for the most rainfall within a day on Tuesday! It was certainly a soggy day with a few very strong storms. The setup is much more...
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More sunshine, but rain returns soon
Temperatures cool down overnight into the lower 60s, with a few areas dipping into the mid to upper 50s. More pleasant weather to end the work week, with clouds building in later Friday. We remain dry with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Weekend Outlook. A storms system heads...
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Calm rest of the work week
The front that brought us our severe weather yesterday continues to push to the southeast of the region. Calm conditions stick around for the rest of your Wednesday. Temperatures will fall out of the 80s and into the 60s for overnight lows. Thursday & Friday. Temperatures return to the mid...
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WDBJ7 Archive: Tracking the droughts of 1999 and 2002
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - With dry conditions continuing across the Commonwealth, state and local governments are urging Virginians to conserve water. In this visit to the WDBJ7 Archive, we recall two previous droughts that spurred the creation of the Western Virginia Water Authority. By the Summer of ‘99, the Roanoke...
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Greenbrier County, WV, in Tornado Warning
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Cold Front to Bring Two Rounds of Storms to Southwest and Central Virginia Tuesday
Residents across the Roanoke area and broader Southwest and Central Virginia should prepare for a potentially rough Tuesday. A cold front moving through the region will trigger two separate rounds of showers and thunderstorms. The stronger storms are capable of producing damaging winds, hail, and brief tornadoes. Before that, Monday...
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First Alert Weather Day issued for today
Tuesday is a First Alert Weather Day for severe thunderstorms returning to the region. Be sure to have multiple ways to receive weather alerts. In the wake of morning rain and thunder, scattered severe storms will develop northwest to southeast Tuesday afternoon. These storms will bring a risk of damaging wind.
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CLEARED -----Weather Authority Alert Day issued for Tuesday, July 28
This Weather Authority Alert Day has been cleared. Our storm system is right on track this morning with widespread rainfall overtaking the Highlands, Roanoke, and NRV Zones. As this first swath of showers and storms move through the region, our first threats are heavy rainfall and a few damaging wind gusts. However, the increased threat for damaging wind gusts, along with an isolated tornado or instances of hail will fire off for the afternoon round of storms. The clearing in the wake of the widespread morning showers will give us ample fuel for the scattered afternoon activity.
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Warmer start to the week
After a cloudy start to the day, we continue to see clearing skies into the evening with warm temperatures. Overnight lows hover in the 60s with mostly dry conditions. Temperatures return back to around average to start the week in the upper 80s, with cooler air by late week. Daily rain and storm chances remain possible.
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Intense storms in Southwest Virginia result in downed trees throughout the Town of Bedford
BEDFORD, Va. – Crews were busy cleaning up after Tuesday’s storms knocked down massive trees in the town of Bedford. Some of the trees are large enough that it will take crews days to cut them up and remove them. “Well, this will be a couple of days,...
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Tropical Storm Bertha Came Ashore in Louisiana. Its Remnants Still Swelled the Roanoke River.
Tropical Storm Bertha never got within several hundred miles of the Blue Ridge. It came ashore on the Louisiana coast, wandered west into Texas, and fell apart before the week was out. And yet the same storm is a big part of why the Roanoke River climbed toward major flood stage this week, why the low-water bridge between Smith Park and Wasena Park vanished under muddy water, and why city crews spent Friday working to reopen the Roanoke River Greenway.
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