Heavy Rain, Prince William
- When
- August 6, 10:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Prince William County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.702, -77.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Virginia, August 6, 2000
Scattered thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall moved across northern Virginia during the late morning and early afternoon of the 6th. In Frederick County, Back Creek overflowed its banks near Gore.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Scattered thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall moved across northern Virginia during the late morning and early afternoon of the 6th. In Frederick County, Back Creek overflowed its banks near Gore. Route 704, Shawnee Trail, Tomahawk Trail, and Back Creek Road were closed by high water for 4 hours. Over 350 boy scouts, pack leaders, and staff members at Camp Rock Enon were stranded after Back Creek flooded the access road. A total of 2.34 inches of rain fell in Gore, 1.79 inches fell in Winchester, and 1.75 inches fell at Star Tannery. In Warren County, 1.60 inches fell in Nineveh. In Prince William County, 1.99 inches of rain fell at Lake Jackson.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:00 UTC.
Event by event
2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Warren
- When
- August 6, 10:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.909, -78.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Frederick
- When
- August 6, 11:30 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Frederick County, Countywide
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.205, -78.263 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Route 704 and Back Creek Road were flooded.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 6, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood in Maryland, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, August 6, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 2000
- Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5172578, 5172579, 5172580.