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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
610 AM EDT TUE OCT 1 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF HOPEWELL IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF PETERSBURG IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 800 AM EDT.
* AT 610 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 5 AM. THE EXPECTED
RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES THROUGH 645 AM.
FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, FORT GREGG-ADAMS, PRINCE
GEORGE, JORDANS POINT, ETTRICK, BIRCHETT ESTATE, PETERSBURG
NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD, NEW BOHEMIA, JORDAN POINT COUNTRY CLUB AND
RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING TWITTER @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3726 7741 3728 7743 3727 7740 3730 7737
3728 7736 3729 7735 3731 7735 3732 7727
3731 7722 3727 7718 3722 7717 3715 7739
3717 7740 3719 7745 3722 7744 3723 7742
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
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