Flash Flood — Fairfax (c), Virginia

2011-09-08 · near Fairfax, Fairfax (c), Virginia

Direct deaths

Event narrative

Flash flooding on Piney Branch Creek near Marcliff Court swept away and drowned a 12 year old male.

Wider weather episode

Abnormally moist atmosphere across the mid-Atlantic allowed showers and thunderstorms to produce exceptional rainfall rates across portions of northern Virginia

as the remnants of Tropical Depression Lee interacted with a nearly stationary boundary near the Mason-Dixon line. Major flooding and flash flooding occurred in numerous areas. The highest rainfall and worst flooding happened in a band from King George County northward into Fairfax County. An AWOS site in Fairfax County measured 13.48 inches of rain.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 347048. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.