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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
514 PM EDT TUE SEP 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 514 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 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
EXMORE, CAPE CHARLES, NASSAWADOX, CHERITON, BAY VIEW, WILLIS
WHARF, EASTVILLE, OYSTER, SIMPKINS, MACHIPONGO, BIRDSNEST, SMITH
BEACH, DALBYS, PLANTATION, FRANKTOWN, CAPEVILLE, TOWNSEND,
CHEAPSIDE, SILVER BEACH AND WARDTOWN.
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 3753 7578 3751 7580 3750 7579 3747 7581
3750 7577 3740 7577 3749 7576 3749 7567
3743 7564 3728 7577 3719 7578 3707 7593
3707 7599 3726 7605 3756 7596 3754 7578
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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