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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1006 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN CHARLES CITY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF HOPEWELL IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE NORTHEASTERN CITY OF PETERSBURG IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
* AT 1006 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, FORT LEE, PRINCE GEORGE,
JORDANS POINT, GARYSVILLE, BURROWSVILLE, JORDAN POINT COUNTRY CLUB,
BIRCHETT ESTATE, NEW BOHEMIA, PETERSBURG NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD AND
TAYLORS CORNER.
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 3728 7742 3729 7740 3736 7730 3735 7729
3735 7728 3731 7712 3724 7700 3715 7713
3713 7722 3719 7734
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
ROGERS
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