45 first-hand accounts of flood events in District of Columbia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A warm front passed through the area. The combination of increasing moisture throughout all levels of the atmosphere, forcing from the warm front, and an unstable atmosphere caused heavy showers and thunderstorms to develop.
Read the full account →A warm front passed through the area. The combination of increasing moisture throughout all levels of the atmosphere, forcing from the warm front, and an unstable atmosphere caused heavy showers and thunderstorms to develop.
Read the full account →A weak cold front slowly moved through the area later on the 8th into the 9th. A wave of low pressure tracked along the front, passing through the area during that time. Plenty of moisture ahead of the boundary along with moderate instability led to areas of heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A weak cold front slowly moved through the area later on the 8th into the 9th. A wave of low pressure tracked along the front, passing through the area during that time. Plenty of moisture ahead of the boundary along with moderate instability led to areas of heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A weak cold front slowly moved through the area later on the 8th into the 9th. A wave of low pressure tracked along the front, passing through the area during that time. Plenty of moisture ahead of the boundary along with moderate instability led to areas of heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A weak cold front slowly moved through the area later on the 8th into the 9th. A wave of low pressure tracked along the front, passing through the area during that time. Plenty of moisture ahead of the boundary along with moderate instability led to areas of heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A weak cold front slowly moved through the area later on the 8th into the 9th. A wave of low pressure tracked along the front, passing through the area during that time. Plenty of moisture ahead of the boundary along with moderate instability led to areas of heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A weak cold front slowly moved through the area later on the 8th into the 9th. A wave of low pressure tracked along the front, passing through the area during that time. Plenty of moisture ahead of the boundary along with moderate instability led to areas of heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A cold front slowly approached during the afternoon of the 2nd before passing through that night. Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the front.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary boundary set up near the Potomac River weak low pressure developed along the boundary. There was plenty of moisture in place from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and this combined with instability to produce very heavy rainfall rates in convection that…
Read the full account →The remnants of Ida produced instances of flooding and flash flooding across the area. Tropical moisture infiltrated the area and there were moderate amounts of instability as well.
Read the full account →The remnants of Ida produced instances of flooding and flash flooding across the area. Tropical moisture infiltrated the area and there were moderate amounts of instability as well.
Read the full account →A negatively tilted trough approached the area on the 24th as surface low pressure tracked up toward the Great Lakes and secondary low pressure formed along the Carolina Coast.
Read the full account →A potent upper-level low and associated area of surface low pressure approached the region from southwest on the 15th. Strong forcing for ascent and ample moisture transport in advance of the upper level low led to a prolonged period of rain across the region.
Read the full account →A coastal low formed along the North Carolina coast and tracked northward toward the Delmarva on the 21st. Heavy rainfall spread northward in advance of the low and then wrapped around the backside of the low as it tracked further north.
Read the full account →A strong cold front pushed through the area during the evening Dec 24th. An area of low pressure formed along this front and slid across the region. This brought some heavy showers to the region, and even a few isolated thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Low pressure passed by to the west toward the Great Lakes. The warm front associated with the low moved through the area while the cold front associated with the low approached from the west.
Read the full account →Low pressure passed by to the west toward the Great Lakes. The warm front associated with the low moved through the area while the cold front associated with the low approached from the west.
Read the full account →Low pressure passed by to the west toward the Great Lakes. The warm front associated with the low moved through the area while the cold front associated with the low approached from the west.
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