Flash Flood in Falls Church (c) County, Virginia

Flash Flood September 8, 2011 · Falls Church (c) County, Virginia

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

South Oak Street was closed due to flash flooding.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Falls Church (38.8856, -77.1828).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 347059. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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