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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
642 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
FLUVANNA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN GOOCHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL LOUISA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 642 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. 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...
PALMYRA, FORK UNION, LAKE MONTICELLO, COLUMBIA, TROY, DUNCAN,
CARYSBROOK, CUNNINGHAM, CENTRAL PLAINS, COHASSET, DIXIE, WILDWOOD,
WILMINGTON, NAHOR, UNION MILLS, BYBEE, SHORES, BREMO BLUFF, STAGE
JUNCTION AND ANTIOCH.
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 3805 7826 3789 7816 3778 7811 3769 7815
3769 7824 3773 7837 3773 7840 3776 7846
3780 7849
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
RMM
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