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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
855 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT.
* AT 855 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
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 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...
CUMBERLAND, GUINEA MILLS, BEAR CREEK LAKE STATE PARK, MCRAE,
TRENTS MILL, GRAYS SIDING, OAK FOREST, HAWK, ASHBY, RAINES TAVERN
AND WHITEVILLE.
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 3765 7816 3761 7812 3740 7831 3733 7844
3733 7845 3734 7846 3759 7828
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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