Flood — Fairfax, Virginia

2025-07-31 · near Donovans Corner, Fairfax, Virginia

Event narrative

Fairfax County Emergency Management reports that Burke Lake Road at Kilkenny Lane is closed due to water on the road from South Run.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving cold front combined with a highly unstable atmosphere along with tropical moisture to produce slow moving thunderstorms with heavy rainfall. Some of these storms trained over the same areas, resulting in scattered to numerous instances of flash flooding. Total rainfall amounts in areas with flash flooding averaged two to four inches.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1270249. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.