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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1148 PM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
POWHATAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
* AT 1148 PM EDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO
HOURS. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR AND 30
MINUTES. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...GAUGES REPORTED.
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...
POWHATAN, CUMBERLAND, TOBACCOVILLE, BALLSVILLE, SUNNYSIDE,
TRENHOLM, MACON, GUINEA MILLS, CLINTON, HATCHERS, BELONA, OAK
FOREST, ASHBY, WHITEVILLE, GRAYS SIDING, LAKE POWHATAN, TAMWORTH,
PROVOST AND ROCK CASTLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3748 7836 3766 7808 3762 7796 3764 7794
3767 7795 3767 7793 3764 7784 3761 7782
3761 7778 3748 7781 3744 7786 3746 7787
3745 7789 3748 7790 3750 7800 3745 7807
3746 7814 3744 7818 3731 7840 3734 7846
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES
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