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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
721 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LUNENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.
* AT 721 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 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...
CHASE CITY, WIGHTMAN, NORTH VIEW, WILBURN, GARY, FAIRVIEW, BACONS
FORK, SPANISH GROVE AND GILLS CORNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY POSTING TO THE NWS WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE
OR USING X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3685 7835 3685 7832 3689 7802 3680 7802
3678 7814 3674 7829 3673 7844 3674 7857
3678 7858 3680 7856
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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