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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1129 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Charles City County in east central Virginia...
  South Central New Kent County in east central Virginia...
  Southeastern Brunswick County in south central Virginia...
  Southeastern Dinwiddie County in south central Virginia...
  Prince George County in south central Virginia...
  Greensville County in southeastern Virginia...
  James City County in southeastern Virginia...
  Northwestern Surry County in southeastern Virginia...
  Central Sussex County in southeastern Virginia...
  The City of Emporia in southeastern Virginia...

* Until 330 AM EDT.

* At 1129 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up 
  to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is 
  ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Charles City, Emporia, Claremont, Disputanta, Purdy, Sussex, 
  Jarratt, Stony Creek, Carson, Green Plain, Garysville, 
  Burrowsville, Cabin Point, Radium, Ruthville, Rustic, Holdcroft, 
  Booker, Templeton and Huske.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Cherry Orchard Branch, Warwick Swamp, Double Branch Creek, 
  Beaverpond Creek, Hunting Quarter Swamp, Dobie Swamp, Fountains 
  Creek, Collier Branch, Massie Branch, Harris Swamp, Edwards Swamp, 
  Black Swamp, Reedy Creek, Brandy Creek, Chetocric Swamp, Barrows 
  Creek, Mill Swamp, Hornet Swamp, Big Swamp, Flat Swamp, Douglas 
  Run, Fox Branch, Robinson Creek, Browns Branch, Kennon Creek, 
  Quarrel Creek, Chickahominy River, Morris Creek, Sappony Creek, 
  Poplar Swamp, Cooks Branch, Blackwater River, Wards Creek, North 
  Fork Blackwater Swamp, Stony Run, Brandon Gut, Otterdam Swamp, 
  Lees Branch, Raccoon Creek, Southwest Swamp, Kittewan Creek, 
  Meherrin River, Three Creek, Gosee Swamp, Hickory Swamp, Indian 
  Swamp, Cabin Point Swamp, Stony Creek, Courthouse Creek, 
  Kettlestick Branch, Long Branch, Rocky Run, Rowanty Creek, Mike 
  Run, Mill Creek, Jones Hole Swamp, Little Swamp, Tomahund Creek, 
  Rocky Branch, Black Branch Swamp, Gunns Run, Joseph Swamp, Spring 
  Branch, Caney Swamp, Glebe Creek, Parson Creek, Maclins Creek, 
  South Fork Poplar Swamp, Cattail Creek, Flowerdew Hundred Creek, 
  Metcalf Branch, Powell Creek, Ivy Branch, Diascund Creek, Nottoway 
  River, Black Branch, Reedy Branch, West Run, Spring Creek, 
  Rattlesnake Creek and Hardwood Creek.

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.

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 3673 7777 3743 7704 3746 7697 3744 7686
      3737 7685 3730 7690 3724 7697 3712 7705
      3706 7714 3672 7740 3667 7750 3665 7746
      3657 7764 3661 7783

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

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