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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
821 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
JAMES CITY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
EASTERN SURRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF POQUOSON IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.
* AT 821 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
NEWPORT NEWS, HAMPTON, SURRY, PATRICK HENRY FIELD, CHRISTOPHER
NEWPORT UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCES,
GLOUCESTER POINT, SEAFORD, FORT EUSTIS, LEE HALL, DENBIGH,
BEACONSDALE, TABB, ACHILLES, ELBERON, NEWPORT NEWS GOLF COURSE,
RUSHMERE, ORIANA, HOG ISLAND GAME RESERVE AND MENCHVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3712 7689 3717 7681 3729 7642 3723 7637
3719 7637 3719 7634 3714 7628 3712 7638
3709 7641 3709 7643 3709 7644 3703 7650
3706 7658 3710 7663 3706 7664 3705 7658
3703 7655 3702 7655 3700 7681 3704 7690
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
RMM
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