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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
929 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
NORTHERN ACCOMACK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT.
* AT 929 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. 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, BLOXOM, SAXIS, HALLWOOD,
HORNTOWN, NEW CHURCH, ATLANTIC, OAK HALL, TEMPERANCEVILLE,
GREENBACKVILLE, ASSAWOMAN, BEAVER DAM, WALLOPS ISLAND, GOODWILL,
STOCKTON, MAPPSVILLE, MODEST TOWN AND GIRDLETREE.
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 3785 7575 3791 7578 3798 7563 3801 7562
3804 7566 3811 7554 3811 7539 3816 7530
3814 7523 3814 7522 3810 7517 3784 7536
3786 7542 3779 7549 3778 7566 3779 7585
3782 7586 3784 7574
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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