Slow-moving thunderstorms drenched parts of central Virginia and northern North Carolina on Tuesday, prompting the National Weather Service to issue multiple flash-flood warnings. In central Virginia, warnings covered the Piedmont from Richmond west to the Blue Ridge as rain fell at 1.5–2 inches per hour, with localized totals reaching 2–3 inches, the agency reported. Photos from local media showed roads and low-lying neighborhoods under water. Farther south, water surged through Burlington in Alamance County, submerging cars and homes. Flash-flood warnings were extended to Winston-Salem and Greensboro as storms repeatedly tracked over the same areas. The NWS Weather Prediction Center said the prevailing upper-level pattern could wring out as much as 4 inches of rain in isolated spots overnight, and advised residents to avoid flooded roadways and remain alert for rapidly rising water.