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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
806 AM EDT MON JUN 21 2021
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE WESTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF PORTSMOUTH IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.
* AT 806 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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...
DEEP CREEK, DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH, NORFOLK, CHESAPEAKE, PORTSMOUTH,
SUFFOLK, BOWERS HILL, CRADOCK, HERBERTS CORNER, SAUNDERS, PORTLOCK
AND SOUTH NORFOLK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3655 7649 3655 7662 3665 7658 3679 7642
3686 7635 3684 7629 3684 7630 3683 7629
3682 7629 3682 7628 3683 7628 3683 7627
3682 7626 3682 7625 3665 7633 3657 7646
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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