Flood — Manassas (c), Virginia

2006-11-16 · near Manassas, Manassas (c), Virginia

Event narrative

Part of Lucasville Road was covered by 1 to 2 feet of water after heavy rains moved through the area.

Wider weather episode

A deep low pressure system moved from the Tennessee Valley to the eastern great Lakes on November 16, sweeping a strong cold front across the Mid Atlantic. This system brought widespread moderate to heavy rain to the region near sunrise, then strong thunderstorms around noon. These thunderstorms produced periods of heavier rainfall as well as gusty and isolated damaging winds.

Heavy rains began to spread northeast across the Shenandoah Valley during the mid morning hours. In Craigsville in Augusta County, a car was inundated by 3 to 4 feet of water and a water rescue was required due to flash flooding. A number of roads were closed in the western, southern and eastern portions of the county.

Thunderstorms embedded within this large area of rain became severe across Spotsylvania and Rockingham Counties as well as the City of Harrisonburg. Several trees were downed due to thunderstorms in the western portion of Spotsylvania County. A wind gust of 52 knots was reported with thunderstorms in Rockingham County and a tree fell on a house during a thunderstorm in the City of Harrisonburg. Also in Harrisonburg, eight storm doors were blown off their hinges at a greenhouse business.

Minor flooding was reported on roadways across Fairfax County. In Huntington, VA, flooding was reported nearly 30 feet from a cluster of homes. No damage was reported, but several homes were evacuated as a precaution. Other small creeks across the county flooded due to the heavy rain.

In Prince William County, exit ramps on Interstate 95 were closed due to flooding. Roads remained closed due to flooding into the afternoon hours of November 17. US 1 in Woodbridge was closed when Neabsco Creek flooded.

In the City of Manassas, part of Lucasville Rd was covered by 1 to 2 feet of water after heavy rains moved through the area.

The Catoctin Creek flooded out of its banks near Purcellville, VA, in Loudoun County.

In Stafford County, flooding was reported at Boswell's Corner on US 1 in North Stafford.

In Spotsylvania County, school buses were forced to return students to school due to flooding on county roadways between Massaponax Church and Leavells. .

There was a foot of standing water at the intersection of King and Union Streets in the City of Alexandria.

Several secondary roads were closed throughout Madison, Nelson, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Frederick Counties due to flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 9459. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.