Flash Flood in Harrisonburg (c) County, Virginia

Flash Flood July 14, 2012 · Harrisonburg (c) County, Virginia

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Football field of James Madison University and adjacent campus were inundated by flash flooding.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Harrisonburg (38.4400, -78.8700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 400802. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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