The drought hasn't been busted, but we're looking better than several weeks ago. The Roanoke Regional Airport picked up about three inches of much needed rain from Tuesday, October 23rd through Saturday, October 27th. There were many locations across our viewing area that had considerably more during that period. Amounts around five to eight inches were commonplace, as a tropical feed of moisture worked from south to north across Virginia. Due to the dry summer, there were very few flooding problems - just some standing water, a flooded basement
here or there, and a brief River Flood Warning on the Dan River at South Boston. Since that soaking rain, the airport hasn't picked up a drop. Rain chances are very low through at least next weekend. I've attached images from the U.S. Drought Monitor to show you the improvement in our condition.
The drought hasn't been busted, but we're looking better than several weeks ago. The Roanoke Regional Airport picked up about three inches of much needed rain from Tuesday, October 23rd through Saturday, October 27th. There were many locations across our viewing area that had considerably more during that period. Amounts around five to eight inches were commonplace, as a tropical feed of moisture worked from south to north across Virginia. Due to the dry summer, there were very few flooding problems - just some standing water, a flooded basement 
here or there, and a brief River Flood Warning on the Dan River at South Boston. Since that soaking rain, the airport hasn't picked up a drop. Rain chances are very low through at least next weekend. I've attached images from the U.S. Drought Monitor to show you the improvement in our condition.
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