873
WGUS51 KAKQ 122119
FFWAKQ
VAC149-570-670-130015-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
519 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF HOPEWELL IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 519 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 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...
HOPEWELL, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, FORT LEE, PRINCE GEORGE, BIRCHETT
ESTATE AND JORDAN POINT COUNTRY CLUB.
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 3727 7739 3730 7737 3728 7736 3727 7738
3727 7736 3731 7735 3731 7732 3732 7729
3731 7728 3732 7728 3732 7727 3731 7725
3731 7724 3729 7720 3725 7719 3720 7724
3722 7735
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
KMC
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