Flash Flood Warning: New Kent/King William/Hanover

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
553 PM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN NEW KENT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  WESTERN KING WILLIAM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HANOVER COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 552 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN
  HAS ALREADY FALLEN...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS
  POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
  TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  KING WILLIAM...TALLEYSVILLE...MECHANICSVILLE...MANQUIN...BOTTOMS
  BRIDGE...TUNSTALL...AYLETT...STUDLEY...UPSHAW...POLLARDS CORNER...
  RUMFORD...TURPIN...ORAPAX FARMS...EPWORTH...PALLS...ENFIELD...
  MOUNTCASTLE...CENTRAL GARAGE...QUINTON AND NEW KENT AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.