Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Wakefield, VA

Issued

Aug 14, 2021, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)

Expired

Aug 14, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Wakefield, VA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County City of Virginia Beach, VA

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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781 
WGUS51 KAKQ 142054
FFWAKQ
VAC810-142300-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FF.W.0042.210814T2054Z-210814T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
454 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  The North Central City of Virginia Beach in southeastern Virginia...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 454 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  2 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. 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 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...
  Virginia Beach and North Virginia Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3694 7611 3693 7609 3695 7604 3695 7602
      3696 7600 3695 7597 3693 7596 3690 7596
      3686 7595 3686 7599 3687 7600 3687 7604
      3690 7604 3688 7607 3691 7610

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

$$

JM

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.