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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
504 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 504 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES IN 30
MINUTES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE
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...
RICHMOND, DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY,
VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, BON AIR,
TUCKAHOE, BENSLEY, LAKESIDE, EAST HIGHLAND PARK, BELLWOOD AND
DUMBARTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING TWITTER @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3761 7747 3759 7742 3748 7740 3744 7743
3743 7748 3745 7753 3760 7756
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.75-1.5 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
RMM
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