Numerous Roads Closed For Flooding Around Fairfax County

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA—With the return of rainy weather comes a number of flooded roads Thursday, according to Fairfax County Police. The police department reported a number of road closures around the county due to flooding.

The following closures are in effect as of 4:45 p.m. Thursday:

• Fairfax Station: Fairfax Station Road at Innisvale Drive closed for water in the roadway (reopened)
• Fairfax Station: 6500 block of Colchester Road closed for water in the roadway (reopened)
• Fairfax Station: Burke Lake Road at Kilkenny Lane closed for water in the roadway (reopened)
• Tysons: Old Courthouse Road at Besley Road closed for water in the roadway
• Annandale: Woodburn Road at Spicewood Road closed for water in the roadway
• Burke: Burke Road at Heritage Square Drive closed for water in the roadway (reopened)
• Herndon: Fox Mill Road at Folkstone Drive closed for water in the roadway
• Vienna: Lawyers Road between Galloping Way and Whippoorwill Road closed for water in the roadway
• Vienna: Hunter Station Road closed for water in the roadway
• Wolf Trap: Hunter Mill Road at Hunter Station Road closed for water in the roadway

A flood watch is in effect for Fairfax County through 3 p.m. The National Weather Service said the heaviest rain was expected in the late morning but that rain will halt in the early afternoon. The area could receive total rainfall around 1 inch. Higher amounts of 1.5 to 2 inches are possible in isolated areas.

Forecasters say the nearly frozen ground and saturated soils made flooding possible in low-lying urban areas. Streams and creeks may also rise past their banks.

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