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Part of: Portsmouth city Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 4 at 2:34PM EDT until August 4 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Isle of Wight, VA; City of Suffolk, VA, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 142,527 acres
- Began
- To end
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Isle of Wight, VA; City of Suffolk, VA · ≈ 220 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 — 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.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 N Hopewell, VA
Multiple roads flooded in the downtown and City Point area of Hopewell, including South 15.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Downtown Portsmout, VA
Flooding being reported along portions of Effingham St from 264 to Crawford Pkwy.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 SSW Downtown Norfolk, VA
Picture of flooding at Colleye Ave train trestle underpass in Norfolk. Around 1 foot of water at low spot of underpass.
Show 5 earlier updates
- NWS AKQ storm report Storm report
- NWS Wakefield VA Bulletin
- AOL.com News
Thunderstorm and flash flood warning as latest heatwave comes to an end
- thecooldown.com News
Britain's red panda sisters head to France to help save their species
- Isle of Wight County Press News
Storm of 'tropical intensity' and royal visit to Cowes Week in days gone by
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.