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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
905 AM EDT TUE OCT 1 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN SURRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT.
* AT 905 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 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.
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...
WAVERLY, WAKEFIELD, IVOR, DENDRON, ELBERON, ELLIS FORK, BOOTH
FORK, RUNNYMEDE, CARSLEY, PONS AND RAYNOR.
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 3710 7690 3701 7676 3690 7678 3689 7692
3695 7703 3707 7713 3711 7703
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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