Flood — Culpeper, Virginia

2025-07-18 · near White Shop, Culpeper, Virginia

Event narrative

Old Mill Road at Kirtley Trail road closed due to high water. Flooded basements.

Wider weather episode

An anomalously moist tropical airmass resided over Virginia bringing numerous rounds of showers and thunderstorms. Thunderstorms trained over portions of central Virginia bringing rainfall amounts of two to locally six inches. This resulted in instances of flooding and flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1264847. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.