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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1012 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL GREENSVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF EMPORIA IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT.
* AT 1012 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2
INCHES IN 30 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
EMPORIA, GASTON, JARRATT, GREEN PLAIN, BARLEY, EMPORIA RESERVOIR,
LANES CORNER, DURAND, BRINK, EMPORIA AIRPORT, SLAGLES LAKE, COWIE
CORNER, TURNERS CROSSROADS, SLATES CORNER, GRIZZARD, FIELDS
CROSSROADS AND GUM FORKS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
POPLAR SWAMP, MACLINS CREEK, BEAVERPOND CREEK, SOUTH FORK POPLAR
SWAMP, ROCKY BRANCH, COLLIER BRANCH, FOUNTAINS CREEK, HICKORY
SWAMP, DOUGLAS RUN, THREE CREEK, OTTERDAM SWAMP, SOUTHWEST SWAMP,
CHETOCRIC SWAMP, MILL SWAMP, BROWNS BRANCH, ARTHURS CREEK, JACKS
SWAMP, MEHERRIN RIVER, METCALF BRANCH, NOTTOWAY RIVER, HARRIS
SWAMP, SPRING CREEK, CATTAIL CREEK, FLAT SWAMP, ROANOKE RIVER,
MASSIE BRANCH AND CANEY SWAMP.
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 3689 7745 3688 7744 3684 7743 3677 7743
3670 7744 3667 7750 3667 7748 3665 7747
3663 7750 3656 7756 3653 7757 3648 7761
3644 7762 3645 7763 3648 7765 3648 7776
3649 7777 3690 7751
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
BROWN
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