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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
515 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
GREENSVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF EMPORIA IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 515 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES
IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2.5 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...
EMPORIA, GARYSBURG, DAHLIA, GASTON, SEABOARD, CLARESVILLE, GREEN
PLAIN, BARLEY, LANES CORNER, PLEASANT HILL, TURNERS CROSSROADS,
BRINK, EMPORIA AIRPORT, EMPORIA RESERVOIR, BRYANTS CORNER, SLATES
CORNER, DURAND, GUMBERRY, GRIZZARD AND GUM FORKS.
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 3674 7760 3675 7737 3648 7740 3645 7757
3647 7764 3648 7764 3648 7765 3648 7768
3649 7771 3656 7774
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
RMM
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