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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
140 PM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF POQUOSON IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.
* AT 140 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. 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...
NEWPORT NEWS, PATRICK HENRY FIELD, CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY,
TABB, DENBIGH, BEACONSDALE, LEE HALL, OYSTER POINT, ORIANA,
MENCHVILLE AND NEWPORT NEWS GOLF COURSE.
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 3708 7659 3721 7658 3721 7657 3722 7656
3718 7653 3716 7650 3715 7641 3717 7639
3718 7636 3716 7633 3709 7641 3709 7644
3708 7645 3706 7645 3703 7649 3704 7653
3705 7654 3706 7656
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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