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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
917 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHARLES CITY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN KING AND QUEEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN NEW KENT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
JAMES CITY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT.
* AT 917 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
2.5 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE
IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 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...
WILLIAMSBURG, CHARLES CITY, GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE, TOANO, NORGE,
BARHAMSVILLE, HOLDCROFT, RUTHVILLE, PROVIDENCE FORGE, ADKINS
STORE, WARREN MILL, DIASCUND, KINGS CORNER, CROAKER, HOLLY FORKS,
LANEXA, CENTERVILLE, LIGHTFOOT, MOUNT AIRY AND YORK RIVER STATE
PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 3741 7717 3745 7711 3746 7702 3748 7694
3751 7669 3751 7656 3744 7655 3733 7655
3731 7671 3731 7682 3733 7685 3733 7697
3732 7714
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
RMM
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