Heavy rain over a long period of time caused small stream and urban flooding.  A man who had been rescued once from the North Fork of the Roanoke River, returned to his truck with his father, and attempted to recover items from the truck.  They remained trapped in the flood waters for several hours.  The son died later that night in the hospital from hypothermia.  Small stream and urban flooding was also reported across Botetourt, Pulaski, Patrick, Smyth, Rockbridge, Tazewell, Campbell, Franklin, Alleghany, Craig, Bland, Floyd, Amherst, and Roanoke counties.  One man was killed when he tried to cross a low water bridge over Tinker Creek in Vinton.  He was swept about 200 feet downstream and died.  In addition nearly 3 million dollars in damage was reported to homes and business due to the flooding in Roanoke County, including Salem and the city of Roanoke.  In Wythe County, flood waters caused damage to several homes.  Across all the counties listed above numerous roads were closed by slowly rising flood waters.Flash flooding early on the morning of the 22nd in Paint Bank washed out Peters Mountain Road.

Flood in SMYTH, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 11:00:00 to 22-FEB-03 22:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood in BLAND, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 13:00:00 to 23-FEB-03 05:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood in PULASKI, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 11:30:00 to 23-FEB-03 03:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood in PATRICK, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 11:00:00 to 22-FEB-03 19:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood in ROCKBRIDGE, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 09:00:00 to 23-FEB-03 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood in CRAIG, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 15:00:00 to 23-FEB-03 05:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Flood in AMHERST, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 13:00:00 to 22-FEB-03 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood in MONTGOMERY, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 10:00:00 to 23-FEB-03 15:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 6K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Flood in BOTETOURT, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 11:00:00 to 23-FEB-03 05:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood in FRANKLIN, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 10:00:00 to 23-FEB-03 06:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood in ALLEGHANY, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 13:00:00 to 23-FEB-03 03:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood in ROANOKE, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 10:00:00 to 23-FEB-03 05:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 3M
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood in TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 12:00:00 to 23-FEB-03 02:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood in WYTHE, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 10:00:00 to 23-FEB-03 12:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 18K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Flash Flood in CRAIG, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 07:00:00 to 22-FEB-03 08:00:00 (EST)
Location: PAINT BANK
Property damage: 50K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Flood in FLOYD, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 09:00:00 to 23-FEB-03 02:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood in CAMPBELL, VIRGINIA
From 22-FEB-03 11:00:00 to 23-FEB-03 03:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER