555  
FPUS71 KLWX 171949  
NOWLWX  
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
349 PM EDT THU SEP 17 2026  
 
VAZ039-050-051-055-056-502-172030-  
MADISON-CULPEPER-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-ORANGE-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-  
349 PM EDT THU SEP 17 2026  
   
NOW
 
 
AT 348 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A  
LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CULPEPER TO 9 MILES  
SOUTHEAST OF ORANGE TO NEAR LOUISA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  
 
HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING AND MAY LEAD TO LOCAL PONDING ON ROADS,  
VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE, AND RISES ON SMALL STREAMS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
FREDERICKSBURG, ORANGE, MASSAPONAX, SPOTSYLVANIA, FALMOUTH,  
GORDONSVILLE, VERDIERSVILLE, MONTPELIER STATION, LOCUST GROVE, SNELL,  
THORNHILL, RAMOTH, PARTLOW, HEFLIN, MADISON MILLS, MONTFORD,  
MITCHELLS, THORNBURG, OLD SOMERSET, AND DUNAVANT.  
 
LAT...LON 3803 7773 3802 7775 3805 7775 3811 7784  
3810 7784 3815 7809 3813 7818 3814 7822  
3828 7824 3849 7781 3851 7755 3835 7729  
3834 7733 3824 7737 3799 7764  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 297DEG 27KT 3830 7788 3817 7798 3805 7808  

 
 
DHOF  
 
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