408  
WGUS71 KAKQ 102021  
FFSAKQ  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
421 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2025  
 
VAC550-710-740-810-102215-  
/O.CON.KAKQ.FF.W.0075.000000T0000Z-250710T2215Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CITY OF CHESAPEAKE VA-CITY OF NORFOLK VA-CITY OF PORTSMOUTH VA-  
CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH VA-  
421 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2025  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT THIS  
EVENING FOR THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE, THE CITY OF  
NORFOLK, THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH AND THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF  
VIRGINIA BEACH...  
 
AT 421 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED  
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2.5  
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED, BUT  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE  
WARNED AREA THROUGH 6 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THERE  
HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS ACROSS NORFOLK AND  
PORTSMOUTH.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.  
 
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...  
VIRGINIA BEACH, HAMPTON, DOWNTOWN NORFOLK, DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH,  
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY, CHURCHLAND,  
OCEAN VIEW, VIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, DEEP CREEK, NORFOLK,  
CHESAPEAKE, PORTSMOUTH, SUFFOLK, GHENT, NORVIEW, CRADOCK, NORFOLK  
NAS, WESTERN BRANCH AND NORFOLK INTERNATIONAL.  
 
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 3690 7641 3694 7640 3694 7636 3698 7634  
3701 7630 3696 7622 3695 7615 3693 7613  
3679 7624 3672 7633 3674 7643 3681 7643  
3687 7642 3689 7640  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED  
 
 
 
MRD  
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