This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
Part of: Portsmouth city Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 4 at 6:58PM EDT until August 5 at 1:00AM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Charles City, VA; Chesterfield, VA; Henrico, VA; Prince George, VA; Surry, VA; Sussex, VA, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 130,860 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 (Charles City, VA; Chesterfield, VA; Henrico, VA; Prince George, VA; Surry, VA; Sussex, 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
Charles City, VA; Chesterfield, VA; Henrico, VA; Prince George, VA; Surry, VA; Sussex, VA · ≈ 200 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 — 1 E Lafoon Corner, VA
East right land and right shoulder closed due to standing water on VA-137 in the vicinity of Half Mile Ln.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 NNE Victoria, VA
All lanes closed due to standing water on VA-49 in the vicinity of Burkeville Road.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 ESE Garysville, VA
East bound lanes on James River Dr closed due to flooding in Prince George County.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 SW Garysville, VA
North bound lane closed due to flooding on Lawyers Rd near Centennial Rd in Prince George County.
Show 4 earlier updates
- NWS AKQ storm report Storm report
- NWS Wakefield VA Bulletin
- ABC7 New York News
- WCAX News
Johnson blueberry festival marks town’s recovery from 2023 flooding
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.