Flash Flood — Culpeper, Virginia

2025-06-14 · near Lagrange, Culpeper, Virginia

Event narrative

Carrico Mills Road closed at Mountain Run. Stream flowing over road at least 12 inches deep.

Wider weather episode

A weak area of low pressure interacted with an anomalously moist airmass and stalled frontal boundary. This spawned showers and thunderstorms that resulted in localized amounts of one to five inches of rain. The higher amounts were where storms trained or stalled.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1253374. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.