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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
454 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
GREENSVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF EMPORIA IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 454 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 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...
EMPORIA, GARYSBURG, DAHLIA, SUSSEX, GASTON, JARRATT, STONY CREEK,
GREEN PLAIN, CLARESVILLE, RADIUM, GRIZZARD, EMPORIA AIRPORT,
SLAGLES LAKE, ADAMS GROVE, MASON, LANES CORNER, EMPORIA RESERVOIR,
COWIE CORNER, DURAND AND OWENS.
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 3692 7754 3698 7741 3701 7729 3692 7718
3674 7728 3656 7739 3640 7755 3642 7755
3642 7759 3643 7760 3645 7763 3648 7765
3648 7768 3649 7771 3669 7765
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
RMM
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