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WGUS81 KAKQ 281004
FLSAKQ
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
604 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2025
VAC036-041-075-087-149-570-670-760-281315-
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CHARLES CITY VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-GOOCHLAND VA-HENRICO VA-PRINCE
GEORGE VA-CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS VA-CITY OF HOPEWELL VA-CITY OF
RICHMOND VA-
604 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, AND SOUTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND INDEPENDENT CITIES,
IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA, CHESTERFIELD, CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS, CITY
OF RICHMOND, GOOCHLAND AND HENRICO. IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA,
CHARLES CITY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA, CITY OF HOPEWELL AND
PRINCE GEORGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 915 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 602 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN
ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 0.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA THROUGH 9 AM. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT
IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RICHMOND, PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, DOWNTOWN
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA UNION
UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, CHESTER, BON AIR,
HIGHLAND SPRINGS, TUCKAHOE, MECHANICSVILLE, FORT GREGG-ADAMS,
BENSLEY, BELLWOOD, CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE, EAST HIGHLAND
PARK, LAKESIDE AND LAUREL.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3768 7764 3769 7758 3768 7756 3769 7753
3769 7749 3767 7746 3759 7739 3757 7734
3737 7724 3730 7724 3727 7726 3724 7736
3724 7741 3730 7745 3739 7756 3755 7766
3756 7765 3757 7767 3761 7768
BROWN
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