Several large rivers including the Dan and lower Roanoke rivers crested in the first few days of the month in response to the heavy rains that fell the last few days of September into October. The synoptic pattern in place at the end of September carried over into early October, featuring an upper level low over the Tennessee Valley and a strong surface ridge over New England combining to maintain a very moist easterly flow into the region.  The forecast rains overspread much of the remainder of the HSA (with the exception of most areas in southeast WV) during the day on the 1st with widespread light moderate amounts. Precipitation totals were in the 0.25��� to 0.75��� range ending at 12Z on the 2nd although a few sites received over an inch including Philpott Dam (PTTV2) 1.20��� and Witts Orchard IFLOWS (WITV2) 1.08���.  The basic pattern was unchanged the following 24 hours with the strong ridge remaining over the northeast and surface low pressure moving slowly along the southeast coast. Bands of moderate to heavy rainfall tracked to the northwest of the surface low into parts of the piedmont but heavier rain was confined mostly south and east of the Blue Ridge divide.  24-hour rain totals ending at 12Z on the 3rd ranged generally from 1 to 3 inches across several southern VA counties, with the top five gage amounts at Maggoddee Creek IFLOWS (MGDV2) 3.19���, King COOP (KIGN7) 3.10���, Eden COOP (EDEN7) 3.06���, Lower Smith IFLOWS (LWSV2) 2.88��� and Dan River at Pine Hall (PNHN7) 2.58���.  Over the ensuing 24-hours the focus of heavy rainfall began to shift generally to the south of the Blacksburg HSA with only moderate rainfall across the North Carolina mountains and adjacent southwest VA. Several areal Flood Warnings were issued during the evening of the 3rd and early on the 4th for counties along and near the Blue Ridge with 1 to 2 inches of rain and several stream gages indicating minor flood conditions.  The top five VA rain gage totals ending 12Z on the 4th included Rocky Mount 3.1 SE CCR (VA-FR-4) 2.29���, Woolwine COOP (WLWV2) 2.28���, Copper Hill 6.2 S CCR (VA-FL-2) 2.21���, Chestnut Knob IFLOWS (CHSV2) 2.04��� and Maggoddee Creek IFLOWS (MGDV2) 1.97. River flood warnings along the Dan River and lower Roanoke River were maintained through this entire period as stages that were starting to fall on the 1st were reversed and crested in the high minor to moderate category on the 4th and 5th of October (see E-3 section below).

Flood in PITTSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA
From 01-OCT-15 00:00:00 to 04-OCT-15 22:00:00 (EST-5)
Location: CASCADE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 257.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

At least 28 roads were closed county-wide. Dairy View Road and State Line Bridge Road were closed through Monday (October 5th) morning. One road was caved in the 7500 Block of Mt. Cross Road near Tunstle High School Road on Saturday afternoon. There was also significant crop damage across the county.

Flood in FRANKLIN, VIRGINIA
From 03-OCT-15 00:00:00 to 03-OCT-15 20:00:00 (EST-5)
Location: NAFF
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Up to 14 roads were closed across the County as flooding persisted due to the ongoing rainfall.

Flood in HALIFAX, VIRGINIA
From 01-OCT-15 00:00:00 to 06-OCT-15 21:00:00 (EST-5)
Location: SOUTH BOSTON
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A few roads were closed county wide during the day Saturday due to flooding. Roads that were blocked due to flooding were Summit at Railroad, Wolftrap, Melon and Stebbins Roads. The Dan River at South Boston (SBNV2) was in flood the entire period with two crests: at 23.67 feet on the 2nd and 25.80 feet on the 5th. The latter crest (slightly above the Moderate Flood Stage of 25 feet) was the highest on the river since the January 2007 flood.