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Flash Flood — Shenandoah, VA

Jun 24, 1996

Training thunderstorms, aided by an impressive rapid return of tropical moisture ahead of a surface pressure trough, produced a deluge of an estimated 3 to 4 inches of rain in northern Shenandoah Co, causing localized dangerous flash flooding. In one instance, an NWS employee traveling along federal highway 522 and interstate 81 between Woodstock and Strasburg noted very high water flowing across the road.In Toms Brook, over nine roads were closed, and 20 secondary roads sustained significant d

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5561009). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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