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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
647 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025
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CUMBERLAND VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA-
647 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND AND PRINCE EDWARD COUNTIES...
AT 647 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STANDING WATER AND
FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND DOWNTOWN FARMVILLE.
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 0.5 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...
FARMVILLE, HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE, HAMPDEN SYDNEY, LONGWOOD
UNIVERSITY, RICE, PROSPECT, DARLINGTON HEIGHTS, KINGSVILLE,
WORSHAM, BRIERY CREEK LAKE, TUGGLE, REEDS, RAINES TAVERN, ALLENS
MILL, PRINCE EDWARD STATION, STODDERT, MORAN, PRINCE EDWARD LAKE,
TWIN LAKES STATE PARK AND BURKES TAVERN.
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 X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3719 7864 3721 7869 3727 7867 3734 7846
3740 7842 3740 7822 3738 7824 3730 7823
3717 7824 3711 7850 3713 7851 3714 7853
3714 7854 3715 7855 3714 7858 3714 7859
3715 7860 3716 7862 3717 7863
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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