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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
955 PM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN MATHEWS COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT.
* AT 955 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1
INCH IN 30 MINUTES. 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...
DELTAVILLE, WHITE STONE, HARTFIELD, BLAKES, GWYNN, GLENNS, WAKE,
STAMPERS, WILTON, GRAFTON, GREYS POINT, HARDYVILLE, HARMONY
VILLAGE, SOLES, COBBS CREEK, DUTTON, HEALYS, AMBURG, HARCUM AND
WEEMS.
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 3768 7631 3766 7630 3763 7626 3761 7626
3760 7627 3760 7631 3759 7634 3759 7631
3758 7629 3754 7628 3750 7625 3745 7645
3745 7658 3756 7662 3764 7656 3769 7632
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1 INCH IN 30 MINUTES
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