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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
645 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.
* AT 645 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1
TO 1.5 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES. 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...
RICHMOND, CHESTER, CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE, BELLWOOD, BENSLEY,
CHESTERFIELD, CENTRALIA, DREWRYS BLUFF, POCAHONTAS STATE PARK,
BEACH, VARINA, MEADOWVILLE, WINTERPOCK, GLENDALE AND ELKO.
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 3745 7742 3745 7733 3749 7720 3748 7719
3738 7723 3739 7725 3736 7725 3734 7727
3736 7745 3734 7756 3733 7769 3735 7774
3738 7777 3740 7777 3742 7776 3746 7760
3746 7746
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
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