688  
FPUS71 KLWX 021636  
NOWLWX  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
1236 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
 
VAZ053-055-527-021715-  
FAIRFAX-STAFFORD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PRINCE  
WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-  
1236 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
   
NOW
 
 
AT 1234 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER DALE CITY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE  
WITH THESE STORMS. RAIN RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A ONE HOUR  
PERIOD HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS CLUSTER LEADING TO STANDING  
WATER ON ROADWAYS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
DALE CITY, SPRINGFIELD, FAIRFAX, FORT HUNT, GROVETON, FORT BELVOIR,  
WOODBRIDGE, LAKE RIDGE, BURKE, MONTCLAIR, LORTON, FRANCONIA, HYBLA  
VALLEY, NEWINGTON, TRIANGLE, DUMFRIES, I395 AND I495 INTERCHANGE,  
WEST SPRINGFIELD, CHERRY HILL, AND MANASSAS PARK.  
 
LAT...LON 3874 7704 3871 7713 3868 7713 3868 7715  
3870 7716 3868 7719 3864 7714 3862 7720  
3865 7720 3866 7724 3858 7726 3856 7726  
3854 7728 3855 7728 3848 7732 3858 7751  
3887 7739  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1634Z 203DEG 16KT 3865 7738  

 
 
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