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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
710 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENSVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF EMPORIA IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.
* AT 710 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES 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 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 AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
EMPORIA, DAHLIA, SEABOARD, CLARESVILLE, GREEN PLAIN, BRANCHVILLE,
BRYANTS CORNER, LITTLE TEXAS, MARGARETTSVILLE, PLEASANT HILL,
EMPORIA AIRPORT, ADAMS GROVE, LANES CORNER, GUMBERRY, PLEASANT
GROVE, TURNERS CROSSROADS, DREWRYVILLE AND BRINK.
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 3664 7764 3669 7759 3671 7749 3672 7749
3671 7743 3674 7737 3673 7729 3670 7726
3668 7725 3656 7724 3650 7728 3649 7730
3646 7731 3643 7737 3642 7743 3644 7746
3644 7751 3648 7757 3649 7761 3653 7765
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
BROWN
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