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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
435 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE NORTHEASTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF NORFOLK IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE NORTHERN CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* AT 435 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH 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...
VIRGINIA BEACH, KEMPSVILLE, REGENT UNIVERSITY, PRINCESS ANNE PLAZA,
GALLUPS CORNER, LONDON BRIDGE, OCEANA NAS, OCEANA, MACONS CORNER,
GREENBRIER, RUDEE HEIGHTS AND DAM NECK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
WEST NECK CREEK, WOLFSNARE CREEK, PARADISE CREEK, MILLDAM CREEK,
ASHVILLE BRIDGE CREEK AND LITTLE NECK CREEK.
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 3683 7626 3683 7625 3684 7625 3684 7623
3685 7623 3685 7619 3686 7619 3686 7605
3687 7604 3687 7597 3682 7595 3676 7593
3676 7609 3675 7609 3675 7622 3676 7623
3676 7625 3677 7625 3677 7626
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
BROWN
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