New River Headwaters Flood alerts for mountain creeks

How much rain did you get?

If you have a rain gauge, what it caught is worth more to us than you might think. The nearest weather radar sits 27 miles away at Blacksburg, and its beam passes about 2,000 feet above the ground here — so the shallow rain that fills these creeks is invisible to it. Your gauge sees it.

How much, and over how long?

An amount on its own can't be compared with anything. An inch and a half overnight and an inch and a half over four days are different weather.

Where is the gauge?

Where the gauge stands, not where you are now. Any one of these is fine.

Who are you? (optional)

If you already get our alerts, the email or number you signed up with lets us tie this to you — which just means we know whose gauge it is when the numbers look odd. Leave it blank and the report still counts.