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Flood in Fairfax (c) County, Virginia
Flood May 31, 2018 · Fairfax (c) County, Virginia
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Accotink Creek was out of its banks, flooding portions of Bells Bird Sanctuary Park in Fairfax.
The wider storm
Upslope winds on the east side of the Blue Ridge just north of an approaching warm front aided in producing torrential rainfall and catastrophic flooding in parts of Central Virginia. Rainfall amounts of 4-10 inches occurred north and west of Charlottesville. Later in the evening, heavy rain developed in northern Virginia, with 1-3 inches in the southern and western suburbs of Washington DC, as well as again near Harrisonburg. This produced another round of flooding and some flash flooding that actually continued into June 1st. June Storm Data will contain those details when available.
Began near Fairfax (38.8509, -77.3076).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 761269. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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