991
WGUS71 KAKQ 272115
FFSAKQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
515 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
VAC550-710-740-800-810-272345-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CITY OF CHESAPEAKE VA-CITY OF NORFOLK VA-CITY OF PORTSMOUTH VA-
CITY OF SUFFOLK VA-CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH VA-
515 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE, THE CITY OF
NORFOLK, THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, THE EAST CENTRAL CITY OF SUFFOLK
AND THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH...
AT 515 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1
AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO
1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
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...
VIRGINIA BEACH, DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH, OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY,
DOWNTOWN NORFOLK, NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY, CHURCHLAND, DEEP
CREEK, OCEAN VIEW, REGENT UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
UNIVERSITY, KEMPSVILLE, NORFOLK, CHESAPEAKE, PORTSMOUTH, SUFFOLK,
GHENT, CRADOCK, NORVIEW, NORFOLK NAS AND WESTERN BRANCH.
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 3682 7654 3691 7644 3694 7636 3695 7636
3699 7631 3698 7625 3696 7622 3693 7608
3681 7617 3673 7632 3675 7653
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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