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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1048 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF HAMPTON IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE SOUTHERN CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF POQUOSON IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
* AT 1048 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE EARLY THIS EVENING. 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 ACROSS THE AREA.
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, SMITHFIELD, HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, LANGLEY
AFB, SUFFOLK, ISLE OF WIGHT, NORTHAMPTON, RESCUE, CRITTENDEN, FORT
MONROE, BUCKROE BEACH, ZUNI, GRAND VIEW, CARROLLTON, BENNS CHURCH,
HOBSON, LAWSON, WILLS CORNER AND LONGVIEW.
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 3695 7685 3700 7681 3702 7655 3697 7647
3703 7652 3712 7638 3714 7630 3713 7627
3709 7625 3699 7630 3698 7636 3694 7641
3695 7646 3693 7646 3692 7640 3687 7647
3683 7680 3687 7683
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
BROWN
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