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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
735 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.
* AT 735 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 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...
RICHMOND, DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY,
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, BON AIR, HIGHLAND SPRINGS, BENSLEY, EAST
HIGHLAND PARK, RICHMOND HEIGHTS, MONTROSE, MIDLOTHIAN, RICHMOND
INTERNATIONAL AND FAIR OAKS.
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 3752 7769 3753 7767 3755 7756 3755 7749
3756 7734 3752 7729 3747 7727 3745 7733
3745 7742 3746 7746 3746 7760 3743 7771
3748 7772 3750 7771
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
RMM
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