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Part of: Portsmouth city Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 4 at 6:22PM EDT until August 4 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Brunswick, VA; Dinwiddie, VA; Greensville, VA; Sussex, VA, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 129,681 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 (Brunswick, VA; Dinwiddie, VA; Greensville, 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
Brunswick, VA; Dinwiddie, VA; Greensville, 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 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.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 SW Garysville, VA
North bound lane on Heritage road south of Old Stage Rd closed due to flooding in Prince George County.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 NW Adkins Store, VA
North bound lanes on Lott Cary Rd near Samaria Ln closed due to flooding.
Show 5 earlier updates
- NWS AKQ storm report Storm report
- NWS Wakefield VA Bulletin
- Charlotte Observer News
UPDATE: Flood advisory for Southeast Coast predicted to expire at 8:15 a.m.
- Durham Herald Sun News
Brace for strong thunderstorms in Inland Brunswick and Columbus County early Monday evening
- Planet Princeton News
Heavy rain brings flooding, power outages to Princeton area ⋆ Princeton, NJ local news %
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.