Jun 22, 2001
During the afternoon of the 22nd, numerous showers and thunderstorms developed just east of the Appalachian Mountains. The storms trained to the North-Northeast along the mountain ridges before moving very slowly east through midnight. These storms contained very heavy rainfall, large hail, frequent lightning, and occasionally produced high winds. Widespread flooding was reported in several locations and the storms were responsible for over a million dollars in damaged across Northern Virgini
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5254327). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Fairfax County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.