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WGUS71 KAKQ 271528
FFSAKQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1128 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
VAC081-175-183-271800-
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GREENSVILLE VA-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SUSSEX VA-
1128 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENSVILLE, SOUTHWESTERN SOUTHAMPTON AND
SOUTH CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTIES...
AT 1128 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 2 TO 3 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 4 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...
DAHLIA, CLARESVILLE, CAPRON, DREWRYVILLE, ADAMS GROVE, MASON,
GRAY, JOYNER, HILDA, WORRELL, GRIZZARD, BRYANTS CORNER AND SEBRELL.
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 3670 7744 3673 7744 3683 7743 3682 7729
3683 7711 3674 7711 3671 7713 3661 7736
3655 7746 3655 7751 3655 7757 3657 7756
3663 7750 3665 7747 3667 7748 3667 7750
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
RMM
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