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Virginia Flood Stories

2,771 first-hand accounts of flood events in Virginia, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flood

Culpeper, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Fauquier, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Prince William, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Prince William, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Fauquier, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Fauquier, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Frederick, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Frederick, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Frederick, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Loudoun, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Loudoun, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Fairfax, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Fairfax, VA · May 4, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Prince William, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flood

Prince William, VA · May 5, 2019

Low pressure tracked along a stalled boundary, passing through the area overnight on the 4th into the 5th. The lift associated with the low and the boundary combined with high amounts of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the area.

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Flash Flood

Bedford, VA · Aug 21, 2017

An isolated storm produced 2 to 3.5 inches of rain in about one hour during the evening of the August 21st over the town of Bedford and several small stream basins in central Bedford County.

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Flash Flood

Bedford, VA · Aug 21, 2017

An isolated storm produced 2 to 3.5 inches of rain in about one hour during the evening of the August 21st over the town of Bedford and several small stream basins in central Bedford County.

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Coastal Flood

Northumberland, VA · Oct 10, 2021

The combination of King Tides and high pressure over the Canadian Maritimes and low pressure just off the North Carolina coast, produced east northeast winds which caused minor to moderate (tidal) coastal flooding across portions of the Virginia Northern Neck adjacent to the…

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Flood

Fairfax, VA · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Culpeper, VA · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Madison, VA · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Frederick, VA · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Loudoun, VA · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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Flood

Frederick, VA · Sep 23, 2021

A slow moving cold front approached the area on the 22nd before passing through on the 23rd. A deep southerly flow allowed for tropical moisture to move into the area ahead of the boundary.

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