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WGUS81 KAKQ 152324
FLSAKQ

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
724 PM EDT Tue Jul 15 2025

VAC041-053-149-570-670-730-160000-
/O.CON.KAKQ.FA.W.0009.000000T0000Z-250716T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Chesterfield VA-Dinwiddie VA-Prince George VA-City of Colonial
Heights VA-City of Hopewell VA-City of Petersburg VA-
724 PM EDT Tue Jul 15 2025

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.

* WHERE...Portions of central and south central Virginia, including
  the following counties and independent cities, in central
  Virginia, Chesterfield and City of Colonial Heights. In south
  central Virginia, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg, Dinwiddie
  and Prince George.

* WHEN...Until 800 PM EDT.

* 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 713 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
    indicated slow moving thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall
    across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have
    fallen.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Hopewell, Colonial Heights, McKenney,
    Virginia State University, Fort Gregg-Adams, Disputanta,
    Prince George, Ettrick, Matoaca, Carson, Sutherland, Dewitt,
    Jordans Point, Garysville, Burrowsville, Reams, Richard Bland
    College and Burgess.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3712 7764 3719 7780 3719 7775 3722 7769
      3726 7765 3729 7757 3732 7727 3730 7713
      3731 7709 3727 7707 3731 7701 3730 7699
      3725 7698 3712 7715 3688 7761 3699 7776


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