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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 14, 2025Culpeper County, Fauquier County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2025, 10:32 PM EDT for Culpeper County, Fauquier County, Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr. 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, 10:32 PM EDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2025, 12:58 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Culpeper County, VA, Fauquier County, VA

The radar

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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, 9:42 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 9:42 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:09 PM EDT, 6 hours 23 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, 7:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 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, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 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
Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:45 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:46 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:48 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXClarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren3 hr
Jun 14, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX73 min
Jun 14, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Orange37 min
Jun 14, 9:59 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford3 hr
Jun 14, 9:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXOrange, Spotsylvania30 min
Jun 14, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, King George, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg59 min
Jun 14, 10:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFauquier, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg2 hr
Jun 15, 12:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFairfax, Loudoun3 hr
Jun 15, 12:56 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford2 hr
Jun 15, 4:27 AM EDTFlood WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Highland, Nelson, Rockbridge and 5 more17 hr
Jun 15, 8:31 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXPrince William4 hr
Jun 15, 12:58 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXCulpeper3 hr
Jun 15, 3:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAugusta2 hr
Jun 15, 4:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Greene91 min
Jun 15, 7:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFairfax3 hr
Jun 15, 7:13 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXFauquier, Prince William2 hr
Jun 15, 7:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFauquier, Prince William2 hr
Jun 15, 7:01 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXCharles3 hr
Jun 15, 1:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXPendleton4 hr
Jun 15, 6:58 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXGrant, Pendleton3 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.