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Part of: Portsmouth city Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 4 at 2:49PM EDT until August 4 at 5:45PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Amelia, VA; Chesterfield, VA; Dinwiddie, VA, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 106,759 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Amelia, VA; Chesterfield, VA; Dinwiddie, VA), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Interactive affected-area map
Amelia, VA; Chesterfield, VA; Dinwiddie, VA · ≈ 170 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 W Richmond, VA
Partial closure due to water on the road on US-360 near Chippenham Parkway in Chesterfield County.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 SW Richmond, VA
Partial road closure due to water in the road near the intersection of Belmont and Turner roads in Chesterfield County.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 SSE Colonial Heights, VA
Partial closure on I-95 south near MM 53 due to water on the road.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Meadowville, VA
Estimated 2ft of water over the road on Meadowville Rd near Deep Water Cove. A small car got stuck trying to cross it.
Show 2 earlier updates
- NWS AKQ storm report Storm report
- NWS Wakefield VA Bulletin
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.