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WGUS41 KAKQ 050044
FLWAKQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
844 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
VAC036-041-087-149-570-670-730-050745-
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CHARLES CITY VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-HENRICO VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-CITY
OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS VA-CITY OF HOPEWELL VA-CITY OF PETERSBURG VA-
844 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT WEDNESDAY
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL CHARLES CITY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF HOPEWELL IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF PETERSBURG IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 345 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 841 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS
HOPEWELL. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HOPEWELL, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, FORT LEE, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY,
CHESTER, ETTRICK, MEADOWVILLE, BIRCHETT ESTATE AND JORDAN POINT
COUNTRY CLUB.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3729 7749 3733 7750 3736 7743 3737 7742
3738 7731 3737 7731 3736 7730 3735 7726
3732 7727 3731 7725 3729 7725 3726 7723
3723 7723 3722 7725 3725 7738 3722 7744
RMM
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