223  
WGUS71 KAKQ 100013  
FFSAKQ  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
813 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025  
 
VAC041-075-085-087-760-100200-  
/O.CON.KAKQ.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-250710T0200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CHESTERFIELD VA-GOOCHLAND VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-CITY OF  
RICHMOND VA-  
813 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS  
EVENING FOR CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD, SOUTHEASTERN GOOCHLAND, SOUTH  
CENTRAL HANOVER AND HENRICO COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND...  
 
AT 813 PM EDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY  
RAIN AND FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES  
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCH ARE  
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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, DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA  
COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, BON AIR, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY,  
TUCKAHOE, CHESTER, HIGHLAND SPRINGS, MECHANICSVILLE, BENSLEY,  
LAKESIDE, LAUREL, EAST HIGHLAND PARK, BELLWOOD, CHESTERFIELD COURT  
HOUSE, GLEN ALLEN, WYNDHAM, CHESTERFIELD AND ROSLYN HILLS.  
 
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 3756 7765 3757 7768 3771 7763 3772 7747  
3766 7732 3756 7729 3755 7726 3753 7725  
3744 7732 3738 7735 3736 7736 3734 7744  
3736 7772 3748 7777  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
 

 
 
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