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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
205 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2026
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SURRY-JAMES CITY-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-
HAMPTON/POQUOSON-ISLE OF WIGHT-SUFFOLK-NORFOLK-PORTSMOUTH-
205 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, CHESAPEAKE, HAMPTON/POQUOSON, ISLE OF WIGHT, JAMES CITY,
NEWPORT NEWS, NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH, SUFFOLK, SURRY, VIRGINIA BEACH
AND YORK.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND
FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND
URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. RAINFALL RATES COULD EXCEED
2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES, WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES POSSIBLE IN A FEW SPOTS. WHILE ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS
HAVE BEEN DRY, THIS WOULD BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING IN
URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
EI
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