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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
219 AM EDT WED JUL 8 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 515 AM EDT.
* AT 219 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. 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...
WARSAW, MONTROSS, HAGUE, NEWLAND, COLES POINT, KINSALE,
WESTMORELAND, TEMPLEMAN, PINEY GROVE, MOUNT HOLLY, ETHEL, LYELLS,
KREMLIN, THREEWAY, OLDHAMS, ERICA AND NAYLORS BEACH.
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 3816 7672 3815 7661 3811 7660 3810 7658
3809 7656 3803 7655 3803 7657 3802 7657
3797 7674 3796 7688 3798 7696 3801 7695
3803 7698 3803 7705 3807 7695 3808 7684
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
WRAY
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