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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
221 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
MDC039-047-VAC001-220815-
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SOMERSET MD-WORCESTER MD-ACCOMACK VA-
221 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET, SOUTHERN WORCESTER AND NORTHERN
ACCOMACK COUNTIES...
AT 221 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 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...
POCOMOKE CITY, PARKSLEY, WEST POCOMOKE, MARION STATION, LAWSONIA,
BLOXOM, SAXIS, HALLWOOD, OAK HALL, NEW CHURCH, TEMPERANCEVILLE,
ATLANTIC, ASSAWOMAN, BEAVER DAM, HORNTOWN, MAPPSVILLE, SHELLTOWN,
WALLOPS ISLAND, SANFORD AND NELSONIA.
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 3796 7586 3800 7588 3816 7522 3821 7512
3785 7534 3786 7542 3778 7550 3769 7589
3776 7583 3781 7584 3784 7574 3790 7578
3794 7574 3790 7586 3778 7586 3777 7590
3778 7591
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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