483  
WGUS71 KAKQ 090505  
FFSAKQ  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
105 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2025  
 
VAC041-075-085-087-145-760-090700-  
/O.CON.KAKQ.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-250709T0700Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CHESTERFIELD VA-GOOCHLAND VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-POWHATAN VA-  
CITY OF RICHMOND VA-  
105 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2025  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT EARLY THIS  
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHESTERFIELD, SOUTHERN GOOCHLAND,  
SOUTHWESTERN HANOVER, WESTERN HENRICO AND CENTRAL POWHATAN COUNTIES  
AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND...  
 
AT 105 AM EDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED HIGH WATER NEAR THE INTERSECTION  
OF LEIGH AND BELVIDERE STREET IN DOWNTOWN RICHMOND. BETWEEN 1.5 AND  
3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...PUBLIC 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...  
RICHMOND, GOOCHLAND, TUCKAHOE, BON AIR, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND,  
DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA  
COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, MECHANICSVILLE, HIGHLAND SPRINGS,  
MANAKIN, SABOT, WYNDHAM, LAUREL, OILVILLE, LAKESIDE, GLEN ALLEN,  
BENSLEY, EAST HIGHLAND PARK AND BELLWOOD.  
 
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.  
 
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS  
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3773 7794 3776 7792 3775 7783 3773 7780  
3778 7777 3777 7759 3773 7750 3767 7741  
3761 7736 3751 7731 3740 7742 3742 7762  
3746 7776 3759 7797 3759 7801 3766 7808  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
 
 
 
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