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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
643 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
SURRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 643 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN THE 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED WIDESPREAD
FLOODING ACROSS SURRY COUNTY. SOME ROADS WERE REPORTED TO BE
WASHED OUT. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.25 TO 1 INCH IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
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...
SMITHFIELD, CLAREMONT, SURRY, IVOR, DENDRON, ELBERON, SCOTLAND,
CABIN POINT, BEACHLAND, RUNNYMEDE, DELK CROSSROADS, ALLIANCE,
PONS, ELLIS FORK, BACONS CASTLE, POOLESVILLE, MOONLIGHT, COMET,
CHIPPOKES STATE PARK AND RAYNOR.
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 FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING TWITTER @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3712 7715 3720 7702 3722 7702 3725 7697
3722 7692 3722 7681 3717 7674 3720 7672
3721 7667 3717 7664 3715 7665 3710 7663
3706 7664 3705 7658 3698 7655 3692 7676
3689 7695 3705 7697 3705 7699 3708 7708
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.25-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
RMM
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