176  
WGUS81 KAKQ 121428  
FLSAKQ  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
1028 AM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026  
 
VAC057-103-159-121630-  
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FA.Y.0035.260712T1428Z-260712T1630Z/  
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
ESSEX VA-LANCASTER VA-RICHMOND VA-  
1028 AM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA, INCLUDING  
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA, ESSEX AND  
RICHMOND. IN EASTERN VIRGINIA, LANCASTER.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1230 PM EDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1028 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO  
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN  
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF  
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED  
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR  
FLOODING.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
ROBLEY, FARNHAM, MORATTICO, SHARPS, DOWNING, TIDEWATER, MULCH  
AND MOON CORNER.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3792 7666 3792 7655 3788 7654 3787 7655  
3786 7654 3784 7654 3778 7660 3777 7665  
3777 7666 3778 7667 3777 7668 3778 7672  
3781 7674 3787 7670  
 

 
 
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