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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
346 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN HANOVER COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.
* AT 346 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN 30
MINUTES. 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...
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH
UNIVERSITY, DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, TUCKAHOE,
MECHANICSVILLE, BON AIR, HIGHLAND SPRINGS, LAKESIDE, LAUREL, GLEN
ALLEN, EAST HIGHLAND PARK, GREENDALE, DUMBARTON, SOLOMONS STORE,
CHAMBERLAYNE, LONGDALE, ATLEE AND ROSLYN HILLS.
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 TWITTER @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3756 7766 3757 7765 3757 7764 3757 7763
3758 7763 3758 7762 3759 7762 3759 7763
3760 7763 3760 7764 3769 7759 3772 7753
3766 7726 3760 7731 3748 7739 3753 7768
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
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