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VAC115-119-201800-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1055 AM EDT Sat Jul 20 2024

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Mathews County in eastern Virginia...
  Southeastern Middlesex County in eastern Virginia...

* Until 200 PM EDT.

* At 1055 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1.5 inches of rain have 
  fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 3 inches in 1 hour. 
  Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 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...
  Mathews, Mobjack, Gwynn, Bavon, Ruff, Diggs, Moon, Laban, Port 
  Haywood, Redart, Hudgins, Peary and New Point.

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.

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LAT...LON 3756 7630 3750 7625 3748 7624 3745 7623
      3743 7623 3736 7623 3734 7625 3732 7625
      3729 7626 3733 7634 3734 7635 3736 7638
      3751 7637

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

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Wray