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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
942 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE CITY OF HAMPTON IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE SOUTHERN CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF POQUOSON IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT.
* AT 942 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 30 MINUTES. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1
TO 1.5 INCHES 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...
NEWPORT NEWS, HAMPTON, HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, LANGLEY AFB,
NORTHAMPTON, FORT MONROE, BUCKROE BEACH, GRAND VIEW, LANGLEY VIEW,
RALEIGH TERRACE, PHOEBUS, MESSICK, FOX HILL, PLUM TREE ISLAND
REFUGE AND HILTON VILLAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3709 7642 3710 7640 3711 7640 3712 7640
3715 7635 3715 7631 3713 7627 3711 7626
3706 7626 3700 7629 3698 7632 3699 7634
3698 7636 3694 7641 3694 7643 3695 7646
3698 7648 3701 7648 3708 7644
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
EI
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