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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
707 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.
* AT 707 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...
CHESTER, MOSELEY, CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE, BELLWOOD, BENSLEY,
CHESTERFIELD, BEACH, POCAHONTAS STATE PARK, WINTERPOCK, CENTRALIA,
DREWRYS BLUFF AND SKINQUARTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3734 7784 3738 7784 3742 7782 3744 7777
3745 7767 3746 7767 3746 7746 3745 7741
3743 7740 3743 7738 3739 7733 3734 7736
3733 7741 3732 7741 3730 7762 3729 7762
3730 7771 3729 7778 3730 7781 3733 7780
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
BROWN
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