7/15/2025 2:08:00 AM until 7/15/2025 7:00:00 AM

Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. 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.

FFWAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... The City of Colonial Heights in central Virginia... The City of Petersburg in south central Virginia... * Until 700 AM EDT. * At 208 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain in City of Petersburg. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring. This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for City of Petersburg and southern City of Colonial Heights. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life-threatening flash flooding of low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses is ongoing. We've also received reports of evacuations of residents of apartments in low-lying portions of the city of Petersburg. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Fort Gregg-Adams, Ettrick and Petersburg National Battlefield.