655  
WGUS51 KAKQ 182206  
FFWAKQ  
VAC087-760-190000-  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FF.W.0124.250718T2206Z-250719T0000Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
606 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...  
THE CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 606 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN  
HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 20 MINUTES. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS  
0.5 TO 1 INCH IN 30 MINUTES. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED  
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN  
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS  
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH  
UNIVERSITY, MECHANICSVILLE, HIGHLAND SPRINGS, TUCKAHOE, LAKESIDE,  
EAST HIGHLAND PARK, LAUREL, GLEN ALLEN, CHAMBERLAYNE, GREENDALE,  
DUMBARTON AND MONTROSE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS  
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3763 7757 3764 7742 3760 7740 3759 7737  
3758 7735 3755 7733 3751 7734 3754 7747  
3754 7751 3755 7753 3758 7756  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 30 MINUTES  
 
 
 
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