439  
WGUS61 KAKQ 310612  
FFAAKQ  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
212 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2025  
 
VAZ064-075>078-084>086-517>522-311415-  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FA.A.0013.250731T1800Z-250801T0600Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CAROLINE-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-  
GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-WESTERN KING WILLIAM-EASTERN KING  
WILLIAM-WESTERN KING AND QUEEN-EASTERN KING AND QUEEN-WESTERN  
ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-  
212 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2025  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE  
TONIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL, EASTERN, NORTH CENTRAL, AND  
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN EAST CENTRAL  
VIRGINIA, EASTERN ESSEX, EASTERN KING WILLIAM, EASTERN KING AND  
QUEEN, RICHMOND, WESTERN ESSEX, WESTERN KING WILLIAM, WESTERN KING  
AND QUEEN AND WESTMORELAND. IN EASTERN VIRGINIA, LANCASTER,  
MATHEWS, MIDDLESEX AND NORTHUMBERLAND. IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA,  
CAROLINE. IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA, GLOUCESTER.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH LATER THIS  
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. DUE TO THE HUMID AIRMASS IN PLACE,  
ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO  
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF  
2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE, WITH RAINFALL RATES POTENTIALLY  
EXCEEDING 2 INCHES PER HOUR.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 

 
 

 
 
MDZ021>025-VAZ099-311415-  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FA.A.0013.250731T1800Z-250801T0900Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-  
ACCOMACK-  
212 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2025  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE  
TONIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MARYLAND, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
AREAS, DORCHESTER, INLAND WORCESTER, MARYLAND BEACHES, SOMERSET  
AND WICOMICO AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA,  
ACCOMACK.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH LATER THIS  
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. DUE TO THE HUMID AIRMASS IN PLACE,  
ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO  
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF  
2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE, WITH RAINFALL RATES POTENTIALLY  
EXCEEDING 2 INCHES PER HOUR.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 

 
 

 
 
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