871  
WGUS51 KAKQ 011133  
FFWAKQ  
VAC041-011445-  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FF.W.0142.241001T1133Z-241001T1445Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
733 AM EDT TUE OCT 1 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
EAST CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 733 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED  
HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF  
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE  
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED  
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.  
 
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...  
CHESTER, BELLWOOD AND CENTRALIA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS  
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING TWITTER @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3738 7747 3738 7745 3739 7742 3738 7736  
3738 7734 3734 7728 3733 7729 3732 7733  
3731 7736 3730 7743 3731 7747 3733 7749  
3736 7749  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED  
 
 
 
BROWN  
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