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WGUS71 KAKQ 271306
FFSAKQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
906 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
VAC131-271445-
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NORTHAMPTON VA-
906 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHAMPTON COUNTY...
AT 906 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH 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...
CAPE CHARLES, NASSAWADOX, CHERITON, BAY VIEW, EASTVILLE, OYSTER,
SIMPKINS, MACHIPONGO, DALBYS, PLANTATION, CAPEVILLE, SMITH BEACH,
TOWNSEND, BIRDSNEST, CHEAPSIDE, KIPTOPEKE STATE PARK AND KIPTOPEKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3749 7579 3747 7580 3749 7577 3743 7579
3740 7577 3749 7576 3748 7572 3743 7565
3736 7570 3733 7571 3728 7577 3719 7578
3707 7593 3707 7598 3727 7605 3734 7604
3738 7601 3750 7581
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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