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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
540 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF POQUOSON IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.
* AT 540 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1.5 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE
IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO
2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
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...
NEWPORT NEWS, HAMPTON, PATRICK HENRY FIELD, SEAFORD, TABB,
DENBIGH, FORT EUSTIS, ORIANA, OYSTER POINT, HARRIS GROVE, DARE,
HORNSBYVILLE, MENCHVILLE AND NEWPORT NEWS GOLF COURSE.
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 3707 7658 3708 7659 3711 7664 3715 7664
3722 7646 3723 7639 3722 7637 3719 7637
3719 7634 3717 7632 3711 7639 3706 7654
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
RMM
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