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WGUS71 KAKQ 102021
FFSAKQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
421 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2025
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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
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