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WGUS51 KAKQ 160044
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VAC041-075-085-087-145-760-160345-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
744 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN GOOCHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL HANOVER COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL POWHATAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EST.
* AT 744 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO 1 INCH IN 1 HOUR. 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...
RICHMOND, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, BON AIR, TUCKAHOE, DOWNTOWN
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA UNION
UNIVERSITY, MECHANICSVILLE, HIGHLAND SPRINGS, LAKESIDE, LAUREL,
GLEN ALLEN, BENSLEY, EAST HIGHLAND PARK, MANAKIN, ROSLYN HILLS,
DUMBARTON, GREENDALE, MIDLOTHIAN AND SOLOMONS STORE.
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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. REQUEST THAT THEY PASS THIS
INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING TWITTER @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3763 7770 3766 7765 3765 7741 3761 7734
3756 7733 3750 7731 3746 7746 3746 7754
3747 7776 3754 7777
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
RMM
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