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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
833 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL FLUVANNA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.
* AT 833 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
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...
LAKESIDE VILLAGE, DUNCAN, TRENTON MILLS AND BREMO BLUFF.
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. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING TWITTER @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3774 7814 3767 7811 3759 7828 3761 7827
3764 7825 3768 7824 3769 7824 3769 7826
3769 7827 3771 7829 3771 7830 3777 7824
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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