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Flash Flood — Prince William, VA

Jun 26, 2025

A slow moving area of low pressure spawned showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours of June 26th. These thunderstorms were slow moving and produced localized rainfall amounts of two to four inches in an hour or two, which resulted in flash flooding. Another round of showers and thunderstorms developed late in the overnight and into the morning of June 27th bringing additional heavy rain and flooding to Prince William County.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1259461). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Prince William, VA

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