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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
155 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Brunswick County in south central Virginia...
  Central Greensville County in southeastern Virginia...
  Southwestern Sussex County in southeastern Virginia...
  The City of Emporia in southeastern Virginia...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 155 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
  2.5 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts
  up to 1 inch 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...
  Emporia, Purdy, Jarratt, Radium, Durand, Bufford Crossroads,
  Emporia Reservoir, Pleasant Shade, Cowie Corner, Slagles Lake,
  Lanes Corner, Brink, Callaville, Fields Crossroads, Ante, Emporia
  Airport, Grizzard, Triplet, Mason and Valentines.

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 X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.

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LAT...LON 3682 7767 3686 7766 3684 7744 3676 7734
      3661 7763 3654 7788

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

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