Early last week, more than half of the state was in abnormally dry conditions, teetering on the edge of a drought unless a fresh infusion of rain came soon. Sure enough, we had several rounds of heavy rains that moved through much of Central Virginia over the past week, including last Saturday's line of strong thunderstorms (up to 5" in spots!) that stretched clear from D.C. to the North Carolina border, and also late Sunday into early Monday's swath of strong to severe storms that swept through and dumped 1"-3" of much-needed rain. In light of these events, the abnormally dry conditions were lifted from nearly all of the state. Only parts of south-central Virginia along the North Carolina border, which has missed out on the heaviest of the rains, still remains "abnormally dry" in this week's Drought Update.
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