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Flash Flood Statement

National Weather Service Wakefield VA

623 PM EDT Mon May 5 2025



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Chesterfield VA-Dinwiddie VA-Prince George VA-City of Colonial

Heights VA-City of Hopewell VA-City of Petersburg VA-

623 PM EDT Mon May 5 2025



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING 

FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHESTERFIELD, NORTHEASTERN DINWIDDIE AND 

NORTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF COLONIAL 

HEIGHTS, THE CITY OF HOPEWELL AND THE CITY OF PETERSBURG...



At 623 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 

rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have 

fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall 

is expected. 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...

  Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights, Virginia State University, 

  Fort Gregg-Adams, Chester, Ettrick, Matoaca, Petersburg National 

  Battlefield, Richard Bland College and New Bohemia.



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 3729 7749 3734 7744 3734 7736 3729 7731

      3724 7730 3716 7730 3714 7739 3715 7747

      3724 7749



FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED



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