Flash Flood, Loudoun
- When
- June 10, 7:00 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Loudoun County, Leesburg
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 39.091, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Virginia, June 10, 1996
3 inches of rain in a four-hour period, causing several instances of flash flooding. Several drivers were trapped in their vehicles near Leesburg.
Where it happened
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
Training thunderstorms dumped at least 3.3 inches of rain in a four-hour period, causing several instances of flash flooding. Several drivers were trapped in their vehicles near Leesburg. A main thoroughfare in eastern Loudoun Co was partially eroded by heavy rainfall. Numerous other thoroughfares which cross state route 7 were closed between Ashburn and Leesburg. Several basements flooded in and around Leesburg.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, June 10 to 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 10, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 10, 1996
- Dust Devil in Arizona, June 10, 1996
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, June 10 to 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 10, 1996
- Hail in New York, June 10, 1996
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5560987.