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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2025, 12:07 AM EDT for Nelson County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 12, 2025, 12:07 AM EDT (04:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2025, 2:55 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Nelson County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jul 11, 9:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 9:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 414 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ008-011-013-014-016>018-504-506-508- VAZ053>057-527-121000- 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- 414 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 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 No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Isolated to scattered instances of flash flooding are possible Sunday afternoon and evening, potentially lingering into Monday. A few severe thunderstorms are also possible which may bring 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>053-055-121000- 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- 414 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of eastern West Virginia, northern and central Virginia, and central and western Maryland. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Isolated to scattered instances of flash flooding are possible Sunday afternoon and evening, potentially lingering into Monday. A few severe thunderstorms are also possible which may bring damaging wind gusts. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ501-502-509-510-VAZ503-504-WVZ501>506-121000- 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- 414 PM EDT Fri Jul 11 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Allegheny Front counties in western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and Highland County Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Isolated to scattered instances of flash flooding are possible Sunday afternoon and evening, potentially lingering into Monday. A few severe thunderstorms are also possible which may bring damaging wind gusts. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 11, 6:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 4:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 5:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Fairfax | 107 min |
| Jul 12, 6:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 67 min |
| Jul 12, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 7:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Fairfax | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 7:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 7:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 6:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 77 min |
| Jul 12, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Garrett | 40 min |
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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.