451
WGUS71 KAKQ 052223
FFSAKQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
623 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2025
VAC041-053-149-570-670-730-052300-
/O.CON.KAKQ.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-250505T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHESTERFIELD VA-DINWIDDIE VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-CITY OF COLONIAL
HEIGHTS VA-CITY OF HOPEWELL VA-CITY OF PETERSBURG VA-
623 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHESTERFIELD, NORTHEASTERN DINWIDDIE AND
NORTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF COLONIAL
HEIGHTS, THE CITY OF HOPEWELL AND THE CITY OF PETERSBURG...
AT 623 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
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...
PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY,
FORT GREGG-ADAMS, CHESTER, ETTRICK, MATOACA, PETERSBURG NATIONAL
BATTLEFIELD, RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE AND NEW BOHEMIA.
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 3729 7749 3734 7744 3734 7736 3729 7731
3724 7730 3716 7730 3714 7739 3715 7747
3724 7749
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
AC
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page