How and why the D.C. area was deluged by a month's worth of rain in an hour Monday

[IronLionZion]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/07/08/washington-dc-flash-flood-how-why-area-was-deluged-by-months-worth-rain-an-hour-monday/?utm_term=.8b4f29349c85



A month’s worth of rain deluged the immediate D.C. area early Monday, resulting in one of its most extreme flooding events in years. The record-setting cloudburst unleashed four inches of water in a single hour, way too much for a paved-over, heavily populated urban area to cope with at the height of the morning rush.

The sheets of rain, with nowhere to run off, turned major roads into rivers while streams and creeks shot up 10 feet in less than an hour. The rushing water stranded scores of people in their vehicles, poured into businesses and the Metro system, submerged cars in parking lots, swamped basements and caused some roads to cave in, forming massive sinkholes.

Montgomery County, northern Fairfax County and Arlington endured some of the most extreme rainfall.

At Reagan National Airport, Washington’s official weather observing location, 3.44 inches fell, with 3.3 inches coming in the 9 a.m. hour alone. The odds of rain this intense in any given year are less than 1 percent.

The White House basement flooded, so God is trying to tell us something about our city's most famous resident.

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Here’s what D.C. looked like this morning after an intense downpour
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/07/08/heres-what-dc-looked-like-this-morning-after-its-intense-downpour/?utm_term=.fc846ea97d0b

D.C.-area residents could face a challenging evening commute after torrential floods
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/07/08/flash-floods-close-some-area-roads/?utm_term=.1470b32cb7e8

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. I was just about to post that picture.

I didn't see any attribution where I saw it posted.

Another view of the crazy leak at the DC Metro station (in Virginia). I’d be afraid the roof might fall in.

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Hey, @EENewsUpdates, I think I’m going to be late for work. @wmata

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I guess you should have driv.....Wait a minute... Is that Canal Rd.?

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[IronLionZion]

3. Flash flood waters at Westover Market in the small village of Westover in Arlington on Monday.

Flash flood waters at Westover Market in the small village of Westover in Arlington on Monday. (Amy Gardner/The Washington Post)

for the pic in my OP

[IronLionZion]

4. Virginia Square station in your post

I was wading through a river this morning in Tysons Corner. Trains went right under that waterfall in the station, which might have caused problems with the electrical rails and wiring.

[Bleacher Creature]

2. My basement flooded and my backyard porch is basically gone.

Awesome way to start the week!