May 31, 2018
Upslope winds on the east side of the Blue Ridge just north of an approaching warm front aided in producing torrential rainfall and catastrophic flooding in parts of Central Virginia. Rainfall amounts of 4-10 inches occurred north and west of Charlottesville. Later in the evening, heavy rain developed in northern Virginia, with 1-3 inches in the southern and western suburbs of Washington DC, as well as again near Harrisonburg. This produced another round of flooding and some flash flooding that
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 761269). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Fairfax (c) County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.