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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1115 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE CENTRAL CITY OF CHESAPEAKE IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF HAMPTON IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE SOUTHERN CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF NORFOLK IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE NORTHEASTERN CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 215 AM EDT.
* AT 1115 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP 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...
VIRGINIA BEACH, NEWPORT NEWS, HAMPTON, NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY,
DOWNTOWN NORFOLK, DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH, OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY,
VIRGINIA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, REGENT UNIVERSITY, OCEAN VIEW,
KEMPSVILLE, CHURCHLAND, GREAT BRIDGE, DEEP CREEK, HAMPTON
UNIVERSITY, LANGLEY AFB, NORFOLK, CHESAPEAKE, PORTSMOUTH AND
SUFFOLK.
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.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3710 7626 3708 7625 3699 7628 3693 7609
3695 7599 3693 7596 3681 7594 3667 7624
3665 7643 3666 7645 3681 7644 3694 7648
3692 7641 3694 7640 3695 7645 3702 7649
3708 7642
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
BROWN
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