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WGUS71 KAKQ 182158
FFSAKQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
558 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2025
VAC095-199-700-182300-
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JAMES CITY VA-YORK VA-CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS VA-
558 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR JAMES CITY AND YORK COUNTIES AND THE NORTHERN CITY OF NEWPORT
NEWS...
AT 558 PM EDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED REPORTED ONGOING FLOODING AT THE
INTERSECTION OF JEFFERSON AVE AND YORKTOWN RD. BETWEEN 3 AND 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. 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...PUBLIC REPORTED.
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, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA INSTITUTE FOR MARINE
SCIENCES, GLOUCESTER POINT, GROVE, LEE HALL, BUSCH GARDENS, CARVER
GARDENS, YORK TERRACE, U.S. NAVAL WEAPONS, LACKEY, WATER COUNTRY
U.S.A., NEWPORT NEWS GOLF COURSE AND YORKTOWN.
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 3725 7651 3725 7650 3723 7648 3715 7658
3723 7667 3725 7668 3725 7666 3726 7668
3733 7662
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
HET
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