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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
141 AM EDT Tue Jul 15 2025

VAC041-053-149-570-730-151100-
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Chesterfield VA-Dinwiddie VA-Prince George VA-City of Colonial
Heights VA-City of Petersburg VA-
141 AM EDT Tue Jul 15 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* 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 Petersburg, Dinwiddie and Prince George.

* WHEN...Until 700 AM EDT.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
  and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 141 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
    indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is
    ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area.
    Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding is
    already occurring with streams out of their banks and water
    over several roadways across Dinwiddie and Prince George
    Counties into the cities of Petersburg and Colonial Heights.
  - Additional rainfall amounts up to 1.5 inches are possible in
    the warned area.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Virginia State University, Fort
    Gregg-Adams, Ettrick, Matoaca, Petersburg National
    Battlefield, Addison and Petersburg Airport.
  - 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. Do not stay in areas subject to flooding when
water begins rising.

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LAT...LON 3728 7739 3729 7735 3728 7734 3727 7734
      3726 7734 3724 7733 3720 7733 3718 7736
      3716 7743 3715 7745 3715 7751 3716 7754
      3718 7755 3719 7755 3722 7753 3726 7744


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