Name: Flash Flooding and Flood in Virginia, October 8, 2005
Start: 2005-10-08T10:30
End: 2005-10-08T15:00
Location: Virginia

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:30 UTC.

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Event by event

7 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Norfolk / Hampton / Portsmouth

When: October 8, 10:30 AM EST to 11:30 AM EST
Where: Norfolk / Hampton / Portsmouth forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.817, -76.333

Street flooding reported at Hampton Boulevard and Terminal Boulevard, Granby Street and Tidewater Drive, 900 Block of East Oceanview Avenue, Virginia Beach Boulevard and Brambleton, Princess Anne and Monticello Avenue.

Flash Flood, Suffolk (C)

When: October 8, 11:30 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Suffolk (C) County, Suffolk
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.017, -76.350

Areas of flooding reported along sections of Route 58, on College Drive in the College Square Section, and on Kilby Shores Drive.

Flash Flood, Norfolk (C)

When: October 8, 11:30 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Norfolk (C) County, Norfolk
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.733, -76.583

Many roads closed citywide due to flash flooding.

Flash Flood, Portsmouth (C)

When: October 8, 12:00 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Portsmouth (C) County, Portsmouth
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.983, -76.417

Reports of flooding and street closures for the following areas: 56th block of Cranny Brook Road, Bunch Boulevard at Dwight Avenue, Powhatan and Vahallia, Scott Drive at Westhaven, 264 West bound off ramp, and Gateway Drive.

Flash Flood, Hampton (C)

When: October 8, 12:30 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Hampton (C) County, Hampton
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.817, -76.267

Numerous roads under water including Grimes Road and Lee Street.

Flash Flood, Newport News (C)

When: October 8, 12:30 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Newport News (C) County, Newport News
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.133, -76.400

Buxton Avenue closed at 25th Street.

Flash Flood, Chesapeake (C)

When: October 8, 12:30 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Chesapeake (C) County, Chesapeake
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 36.867, -76.267

Bruce Road closed near Tyre Neck Road in Western Branch part of Chesapeake.

Flash Flood, Poquoson

When: October 8, 2:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Poquoson County, Countywide
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.400, -76.717

North Lawson Road flooded.

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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

More

Every storm in Virginia in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Virginia, October 2005

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: 5485339, 5485340, 5485346, 5485341, 5485342, 5485343, 5485344, 5485345.