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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
500 PM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Lancaster County in eastern Virginia...
  Southeastern Northumberland County in eastern Virginia...

* Until 800 PM EDT.

* At 500 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate 
  is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 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 and automated gauges.

  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...
  Kilmarnock, Rehoboth Church and Byrdton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement when you can do so safely. Request that they pass this 
information to the National Weather Service.

Please report flooding by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS 
Wakefield Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.

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LAT...LON 3781 7635 3785 7635 3785 7633 3783 7631
      3781 7627 3776 7626 3775 7629 3773 7628
      3772 7629 3771 7628 3766 7632 3766 7640
      3768 7642 3770 7638 3774 7636 3775 7641

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

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