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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
548 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 548 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. 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...
CHAMPLAIN, NEWLAND, MILLERS TAVERN, CARET, MOUNT LANDING, REXBURG,
DUNBROOKE, NAYLORS BEACH, SINGERLY AND FONESWOOD.
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 3800 7703 3805 7701 3808 7697 3808 7694
3809 7693 3811 7690 3806 7685 3804 7685
3798 7686 3782 7692 3783 7697 3785 7702
3788 7703 3789 7702 3789 7703 3791 7702
3792 7703 3793 7705 3794 7705
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
MRD
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