Apr 16, 2011
A strong and closed low pressure system over the Ohio Valley remained nearly stationary through the 16th, bringing copious moisture northward up the eastern seaboard. Lift to produce showers and thunderstorms was focused along a warm front that passed north through the mid-Atlantic during the morning. With ground already saturated from several rounds of significant rainfall in the past week, flooding and flash flooding resulted. Rainfall amounts of over 4 inches were observed.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 301953). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Albemarle County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.