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Major Flooding Hits Parts Of The Blue Ridge : Updated 12:50 PM With CBS-19 Video Story

June 3, 2016

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Photo By Lisa Shelton Saunders : If you were near the intersection of Roseland Road and Route 56 in Nelson County late Thursday afternoon, you weren't going anywhere. This was the picture all across that area after a massive 6" of rain fell in a little over 2-3 hours. — Photo By Lisa Shelton Saunders : If you were near the intersection of Roseland Road and Route 56 in Nelson County late Thursday afternoon, you weren’t going anywhere. This was the picture all across that area after a massive 6″ of rain fell in a little over 2-3 hours.

Roseland
Nelson County, Virginia
Thursday started off like most any other day here in the Blue Ridge. But things quickly changed by late afternoon as torrential rains started falling around 4PM and continued for about the next 3 hours. Our BRL weather alerts page was busy, busy. Many locations received over 6″ of rain in that time.

Jeffery Tomlin couldn't see his driveway or bridge after the 6+" of rain hit late Thursday in South Nelson County. — Jeffery Tomlin couldn’t see his driveway or bridge after the 6+” of rain hit late Thursday in South Nelson County. He tells us, “Turkey Hollow Road, on the south end of Rt. 655, Roseland Road. We got just under 5″ in about an hour and a half. The creek is Black Creek.”

Above, Reporter Taylor Cairns with our media partners over at CBS-19 interviews someine affected by the flooding in Nelson County.

Rebecca Jean Waters in Bryant said, "Horse field, turned into temporary water fall." — Rebecca Jean Waters in Bryant said, “Horse field, turned into temporary water fall.”

Long before the heavy rains and storms hit Nelson, they were to our west along I-81 in Lexington. Check out the entrance to Hull’s Drive-In Theater in Lexington in their Facebook post below.

Unfortunately the chance for a repeat performance does exist Friday afternoon and into the weekend, but next week is looking much better! Listen to my forecast below for some info on rainfall totals and the weekend forecast.

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