Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock Counties VA

Source: NOAA · Northern Virginia

This alert is no longer in effect.

NOAA issued it on September 2, 2026, 5 days 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 issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of northern Virginia until 3:30 PM EDT on September 2, 2026.

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Record type
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Affected area
Northern Virginia
Issued
September 2, 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 5 days 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 September 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM EDT until September 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM EDT. Alert type code SVR.

Affected Areas

Central Rappahannock County, West central Fauquier County, and North central Culpeper County in northern Virginia. Locations impacted include Opal, Flint Hill, Turnbull, Rock Mills, Viewtown, Hackleys Crossroads, Amissville, Jeffersonton, Cresthill, and Orlean.

What You Should Do

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Expected Conditions

At 2:54 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles southwest of Hume to near Warrenton, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard includes 60 mph wind gusts and hail up to 0.75 inches. Impacts include damaging winds causing trees and large branches to fall, possible injury to those outdoors, damage to homes and vehicles, blocked roadways, localized power outages, and unsecured light objects becoming projectiles.

Timeline

Alert effective September 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM EDT and expires September 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM EDT.

Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗

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NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of northern Virginia until 3:30 PM EDT on September 2, 2026.
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This alert was issued by NOAA. The original notice is available at the source link at the bottom of this article.
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This alert is classified as "high" severity. Take precautions and monitor for updates.
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