Thursday, December 11, 2008

Two New Records at RIC

The massive storm system responsible for 25 tornadoes and snow in states that rarely ever see it, left it's mark in the Richmond record book. The warm air mass that streamed into the area yesterday ahead of the system resulted in an all-time record warm low temperature in Richmond for December 10th. The low never dropped below 61 degrees, breaking the old record of 60. The total rainfall for today has yet to be established, but as of 7 PM, a total of 1.90 inches had fallen, breaking the old record of 1.85 inches set back in 1960. Moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall will continue in central Virginia through 10 PM. The flood watch will continue until midnight tonight, as runoff will continue to cause flooding problems.

Zach

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