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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
351 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
VIRGINIA...
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AT REMINGTON AFFECTING CULPEPER AND FAUQUIER
COUNTIES.
FOR THE RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER...INCLUDING REMINGTON, FREDERICKSBURG,
FREDERICKSBURG...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON OR
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 400 AM EDT.
VAC047-061-150800-
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/RENV2.1.ER.250514T1552Z.250515T0000Z.250515T1106Z.NO/
351 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AT REMINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:15 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.8 FEET, OR 0.8 FEET
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:15 PM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 15.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.9
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
17.0 FEET ON 03/29/1984.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED WED THU THU CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 8PM 2AM 8AM STG TIME
DATE
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER
REMINGTON 15.0 15.8 WED 3 PM 16.9 16.7 14.7 16.9 8PM WED
LAT...LON 3873 7789 3846 7772 3842 7762 3837 7762
3840 7777 3857 7790 3868 7795
BELAK
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