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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1039 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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CHESTERFIELD VA-HENRICO VA-POWHATAN VA-CITY OF RICHMOND VA-
1039 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT
FOR CHESTERFIELD, SOUTH CENTRAL HENRICO AND SOUTHEASTERN POWHATAN
COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND...
AT 1039 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RICHMOND, BON AIR, CHESTER, MOSELEY, CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE,
BENSLEY, BELLWOOD, CHESTERFIELD, POCAHONTAS STATE PARK, BEACH,
MIDLOTHIAN, CENTRALIA, DREWRYS BLUFF, WINTERPOCK, RICHMOND HEIGHTS,
SKINQUARTER, HOLLY HILLS, CLAYVILLE AND MEADOWVILLE.
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 3742 7784 3752 7779 3753 7743 3735 7731
3729 7741 3729 7770 3730 7770 3730 7772
3729 7772 3740 7785
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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