ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, September 7, 1996 TAG: 9609090025
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG
SOURCE: LISA K. GARCIA
More than 9 inches of rain fell in some areas of Montgomery County on Friday as part of Tropical Storm Fran. Accompanying wind gusts felled trees and knocked out power to as many as 5,000 customers Friday.
Jan Jackson, meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in Blacksburg, said rainfall was spotty in Montgomery County. The high as of 4 p.m. was 9.35 inches on Poor Mountain, which dropped to 4.4 inches in Ironto and 2 inches in the low-lying areas. Poor Mountain drains into the South Fork of the Roanoke River, which experienced flooding between Alleghany Springs and Elliston.
"The real high elevations seemed to get the most," Jackson said.
Winds did not get to the damaging level of 55-60 mph, Jackson said, but gusts did reach as high as 37 mph.
Ted Aaron, Christiansburg district manager for American Electric Power Co., said wind and rain worked together to lock out three circuit breakers in Blacksburg. Power was out for about 5,000 customers from 7 a.m. to 9, Aaron said.
By 4 p.m., about 70 customers scattered throughout Montgomery and Floyd counties remained without power.
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