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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
256 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  The Central City of Chesapeake in southeastern Virginia...
  The City of Portsmouth in southeastern Virginia...

* Until 600 PM EDT.

* At 256 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain
  has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1.5 to 2 inches in 30
  minutes. 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.

  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...
  Virginia Beach, Deep Creek, Great Bridge, Chesapeake, Portsmouth,
  Cradock, Fentress, Bowers Hill, Herberts Corner, Portlock,
  Chesapeake Airport, Hickory and Greenbrier.

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 3679 7627 3680 7621 3677 7620 3676 7619
      3676 7618 3665 7618 3665 7636 3677 7643
      3680 7642 3681 7637

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES

$$

Butner