Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Culpeper and Madison Counties, VA
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NOAA issued it on July 9, 2026, 6 weeks ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
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NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for southern Madison County and southwestern Culpeper County until 4:45 PM EDT.
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- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- Northern Virginia
- Issued
- July 9, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: historical. It was issued 6 weeks ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Northern Virginia.
Alert Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC. Effective from 2026-06-12T16:11:00-04:00 until 2026-06-12T16:45:00-04:00. Alert type code: SVW.
Affected Areas
Southern Madison County in northwestern Virginia and southwestern Culpeper County in northern Virginia. Locations impacted include Madison, Brightwood, Rapidan, Oakpark, Haywood, Pratts, Aroda, Banco, Madison Mills, Mitchells, Shelby, Fordsville, Twymans Mill, Leon, Wolftown, and Locust Dale.
What You Should Do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Move indoors immediately. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm.
Expected Conditions
At 410 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Madison, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard includes 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail (1.00 inch). Source: Radar indicated.
Timeline
Alert effective 2026-06-12T16:11:00-04:00 and expires 2026-06-12T16:45:00-04:00.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
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