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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
616 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN LUNENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 616 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES
IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 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...
CHASE CITY, KENBRIDGE, ALBERTA, DUNDAS, BACONS FORK, LAFOON
CORNER, GILLS CORNER, GARY, ORAL OAKS, BARROWS STORE, DANIELTOWN,
MEREDITHVILLE, WILBURN, PRICES MILL, LOVES MILL, COCHRAN,
WIGHTMAN, DOLPHIN, WARFIELD AND FAIRVIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3698 7812 3690 7779 3690 7772 3683 7774
3679 7775 3680 7797 3682 7810 3674 7842
3682 7850 3690 7831
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
HET
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