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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
605 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT.
* AT 605 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 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.
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, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH
UNIVERSITY, DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, MECHANICSVILLE, HIGHLAND SPRINGS,
EAST HIGHLAND PARK, LAKESIDE, LAUREL, GLEN ALLEN, MONTROSE,
CHAMBERLAYNE, SOLOMONS STORE, GREENDALE, DUMBARTON, FAIR OAKS AND
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL.
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 3764 7749 3767 7744 3763 7742 3762 7740
3761 7741 3760 7740 3759 7738 3755 7730
3750 7731 3749 7742 3752 7748 3758 7751
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
ZIMMERMAN
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