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WGUS71 KAKQ 191310
FFSAKQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
910 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2025
VAC131-191530-
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NORTHAMPTON VA-
910 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY...
AT 910 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 3 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...
EXMORE, NASSAWADOX, WILLIS WHARF, BIRDSNEST, FRANKTOWN, WARDTOWN,
MACHIPONGO, JAMESVILLE, SILVER BEACH AND SMITH BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
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 3752 7595 3755 7589 3755 7583 3753 7578
3751 7580 3750 7579 3752 7577 3747 7581
3750 7577 3745 7579 3743 7579 3743 7577
3748 7576 3749 7574 3744 7574 3736 7588
3736 7593 3738 7599
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
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