Flash Flood — Newport News (c), Virginia

2025-08-18 · near Lee Hall, Newport News (c), Virginia

Event narrative

A picture on social media showed high water reaching the tops of tires on parked cars.

Wider weather episode

Moisture and instability pooled along a nearly stationary frontal boundary across southeast Virginia on August 18. Slow-moving showers and storms trained over the lower Virginia Peninsula region, with flash flooding occurring in the late afternoon and evenings hours.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1292261. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.