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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1110 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GATES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN HERTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 215 AM EDT.
* AT 1110 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 3 TO 4 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 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...
MURFREESBORO, CHOWAN UNIVERSITY, SUFFOLK, WINTON, COMO, SEVERN,
BARRETTS CROSSROAD, MAPLETON, BARTONSVILLE, CHOWAN BEACH,
RIDDICKSVILLE, RIVERDALE, WYANOKE, TOPSY, DORT AND EURE.
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 3656 7719 3657 7693 3656 7693 3656 7692
3655 7692 3655 7691 3655 7684 3639 7686
3639 7720
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...3-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
NB
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