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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1130 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN POWHATAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.
* AT 1130 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 5.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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, BON AIR, CHESTER, MOSELEY, CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE,
BENSLEY, BELLWOOD, CHESTERFIELD, POCAHONTAS STATE PARK, BEACH,
MIDLOTHIAN, CENTRALIA, DREWRYS BLUFF, WINTERPOCK, RICHMOND HEIGHTS,
SKINQUARTER, HOLLY HILLS, CLAYVILLE AND MEADOWVILLE.
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 3742 7784 3752 7779 3753 7743 3735 7731
3729 7741 3729 7770 3730 7770 3730 7772
3729 7772 3740 7785
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
ROGERS
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