Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 11, 2000

Name: Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 11, 2000
Start: 2000-08-11T15:00
End: 2000-08-11T16:00
Location: Virginia

August 11, 2000 · NWS AKQ · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Norfolk (C)

When: August 11, 3:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where: Norfolk (C) County, Norfolk
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.891, -76.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extremely heavy rain caused widespread flooding of roads in downtown Norfolk. The intersections of Granby Street and Brambleton Avenue, Princess Anne Road and Monticello Avenue, and City Hall Avenue and Granby Street were all closed due to high standing water. Also, underpasses on Campostella Avenue, Tidewater Drive and Colley Avenue in Norfolk were closed due to accumulated water. In Portsmouth, Interstate 264 at Frederick Boulevard was closed due to standing water.

Flash Flood, Portsmouth (C)

When: August 11, 3:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where: Portsmouth (C) County, Portsmouth
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.837, -76.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Very heavy rain caused flooding and the closure of Interstate 264 at Frederick Boulevard.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Virginia in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Virginia, August 2000

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: 5169795, 5169796.