As heavy rains caused flash flooding across the county Sunday night, rescuers worked through the night to rescue those in need and to protect others from danger.

John Shelton, director of Surry County Emergency Services, said the call volume was so heavy during the pouring rains that an Emergency Operations Command Post was set up to help ease the burden on the county’s 911 system.

“We had reports that Elkin Memorial Park flooded, we had reports from Westfield, Siloam, Rockford, Mount Airy and Virginia line, Highway 103 — it was pretty much wide-spread,” Shelton said.

As reports of flooding and power outages came in, there were also calls from those who were stranded in the rapid water conditions. The Pilot Mountain Rescue Squad was called out to a home on Hogan Creek Road in Siloam to rescue a 26-year-old woman from her single-wide trailer. Rising and rapidly moving water swept away the decks from both the front and back of the residence. Pilot Rescue Chief Dennis Manuel said its specialty-designed swift-water rescue boat was worth its weight in gold.

“It took us three tries to get her out. It was initially called in as a woman and her two children, but when the children weren’t there, I was relieved,” Manuel said.

As soon as the rescue squad got the woman to safety, it was dispatched to the Pilot Mountain Family Campground off Pilot Power Dam Road to help evacuate residents there.

“They’ve got right much damage down there,” Shelton said about the campground.

Shelton said that about 30 residents were evacuated from the campground Sunday night, but officials with the American Red Cross said that after an assessment Monday, about 45 people in total were displaced from the campground because the camper and trailers filled with mud and water.

Cathy Loggins, executive director of the American Red Cross, said some of the residents with medical conditions are staying at the Quality Inn in Pilot Mountain. Others are staying on cots in part of the gymnasium at the Armfield Civic Center. She said the residents will not be able to return to the campground until the owner repairs the septic system that was destroyed by floodwater, which was estimated to be about a month by the residents who had talked with the owner Monday.

The campground is more of a permanent home for most of its residents, Loggins said. She stressed that both monetary donations and volunteers are needed to help with the evacuees, until they could get back on their feet again or find family, friends and/or alternative places to live.

One car was reported flipped over on its top in a creek off Rockford Road near the Yadkin River. All three occupants of the vehicle made it to safety by the time rescuers arrived Sunday night.

Officials with the Mount Airy Police and Fire departments worked through the night checking known flood areas and blocking off roads where needed. Capt. Chris Fallaw with the Mount Airy Fire Department said a couple of transformers blew out Sunday night, leaving some city residents without power.

Shelton said there were about 22 roads reported closed Sunday night, but as of Monday afternoon, all but three had reopened.

According to Mark Williams, county maintenance engineer with the N.C. Department of Transportation, those three roads were Radar Road, Rockford Road and Mills Road near Reeves Mill Road. He said Rockford Road was still covered with water Monday afternoon. He said all of the county DOT crews were out working on roads, drainage ditches and bridges.

“There is a possibility that not all of the problem areas have been reported. So if someone has a problem with a road, they need to call the DOT office and report that problem,” Williams said.

The official measurement of rain during the event this weekend at the F.G. Doggett Water Plant in Toast came to 2.91 inches.

To report a problem with a road damaged by flood waters, call the N.C. Department of Transportation at 386-8273.

To volunteer or make a donation with the American Red Cross, call 786-4183.

Contact Mondee Tilley at mtilley@mtairynews.com or at 719-1930.