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Flash Flood in Essex County, Virginia

Flash Flood October 11, 2018 – October 12, 2018 · Essex County, Virginia

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Route 620 was closed at Sunnyside Road due to flash flooding.

The wider storm

Tropical Cyclone Michael tracked from South Carolina northeast and off the Mid Atlantic Coast from Thursday morning, October 11 into early Friday morning, October 12. Showers and scattered thunderstorms associated with the Tropical Cyclone produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding across portions of central and south central Virginia, the Virginia Northern Neck, and the Middle Peninsula.

Began near Dunbrooke (37.9000, -76.9500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 790764. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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