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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 14, 2025Frederick County, Virginia; Hampshire County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2025, 7:20 PM EDT for Frederick County, Virginia; Hampshire County, West Virginia. It was in force for 95 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2025, 7:20 PM EDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2025, 8:55 PM EDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Frederick County, VA, Hampshire County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2025-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2025-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 14, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
409 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ008-011-013-014-016>018-504-506-508-
VAZ053>057-527-152015-
Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD-
Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD-
Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD-
Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD-
Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA-
Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD-
Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD-
Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA-
Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor-
Chester River to Queenstown MD-Eastern Bay-
Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River-
Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD-
Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
Island-District of Columbia-Cecil-Southern Baltimore-
Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-Calvert-
Central and Southeast Montgomery-Central and Southeast Howard-
Southeast Harford-Fairfax-Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-
Stafford-Spotsylvania-King George-
Central and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-
409 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Maryland portion of the
Chesapeake Bay, Tidal Potomac River, and I-95 corridor through
central Maryland, northern Virginia, and District of Columbia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

A Flood Watch is in effect until 11 PM for most of the area
outside of northeast Maryland.

A Code Red Air Quality Alert is in effect for northeast Maryland
through midnight tonight.

A couple of damaging wind gusts are possible with thunderstorms
through this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Showers and thunderstorms with heavy downpours are possible
Sunday, with the potential for isolated instances of flooding and
localized damaging wind gusts.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MDZ003>006-503-505-507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501-502-505>508-
526-WVZ050>053-055-152015-
Washington-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore-
Northwest Montgomery-Northwest Howard-Northwest Harford-Augusta-
Rockingham-Shenandoah-Frederick VA-Page-Warren-Clarke-Nelson-
Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper-
Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Western Loudoun-
Eastern Loudoun-Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-
Central Virginia Blue Ridge-Northwest Prince William-Hampshire-
Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-Hardy-
409 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of eastern West
Virginia, northern and central Virginia, and central and western
Maryland.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

A Flood Watch is in effect until 11 PM for most of the area except
for Hampshire and Hardy Counties.

A couple of damaging wind gusts are possible with thunderstorms
through this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Showers and thunderstorms with heavy downpours are possible
Sunday, with the potential for isolated to scattered instances of
flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MDZ501-502-509-510-VAZ503-504-WVZ501>506-152015-
Extreme Western Allegany-Central and Eastern Allegany-
Western Garrett-Eastern Garrett-Western Highland-Eastern Highland-
Western Grant-Eastern Grant-Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-
Western Pendleton-Eastern Pendleton-
409 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Allegheny Front
counties in western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and Highland
County Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

A Flood Watch is in effect until 11 PM for central and eastern
Allegany County.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Showers and thunderstorms with heavy downpours are possible
Sunday, with the potential for isolated to scattered instances of
flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

DHOF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:05 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
705 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0629 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 SSW Capon Bridge      39.26N 78.46W
06/14/2025                   Hampshire          WV   911 Call Center

            Trees blew down in the 2900 block of CR-14
            Capon River Road.

&&

DH
Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:07 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
707 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0608 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 SSE Slanesville       39.34N 78.50W
06/14/2025                   Hampshire          WV   911 Call Center

            Trees blew down near the intersection of
            CR-45/20 Cold Stream Road and CR-4/2 North
            River Mills Road.

&&

DH
Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:10 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
710 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0550 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 N Ridgeway            39.31N 78.07W
06/14/2025                   Berkeley           WV   911 Call Center

            Trees blew down in the 1900 block of CR-24/1
            Sam Mason Road between I-81 and US-11
            Winchester Avenue.

&&

DH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX54 min
Jun 13, 8:11 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church3 hr
Jun 13, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX50 min
Jun 13, 9:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXOrange, Spotsylvania59 min
Jun 13, 9:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX75 min
Jun 13, 11:07 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church33 min
Jun 14, 1:08 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXNelson3 hr
Jun 14, 2:12 AM EDTFlood WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 29 more21 hr
Jun 14, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick49 min
Jun 13, 9:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel3 hr
Jun 13, 11:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel69 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.