Sep 6, 1996
Tropical Storm Fran moved from near Danville around dawn on the 6th to Hot Springs by early afternoon. The storm weakened to a depression around this time, moving north of the state by mid-evening. Torrential rainfall associated with the storm poured onto saturated soil, causing widespread and in many cases catastrophic flooding across the entire western half of Virginia beginning during the pre-dawn hours, which continued until late afternoon.The hardest hit areas were in the Shenandoah Valle
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5572004). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Loudoun County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.