Flash Flood — Harrisonburg (c), Virginia

2012-07-14 · near Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg (c), Virginia

Event narrative

Two vehicles were submerged to depth of windows with occupants trapped on Reservoir Street at Lucky Drive.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving warm front was located across central Virginia. During the afternoon, showers and thunderstorms developed along and north of this feature. A very warm and moist atmosphere along with light winds throughout the atmosphere caused very high rainfall rates with slow storm motion. Flash flooding resulted.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 400801. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.