Flash Flood — Shenandoah, Virginia

2025-05-14 · near Mt Olive, Shenandoah, Virginia

Event narrative

Three to five feet of flowing water washed out the roadway near the intersection of Lee Rae Court and Mount Hebron Road.

Wider weather episode

Underneath an upper level low, slow moving thunderstorms trained over central Virginia producing a quick one to three inches of rain resulting in flash flooding. This comes a day after a few inches of rain had just fallen.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1245993. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.