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Part of: Portsmouth city Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 4 at 7:58PM EDT until August 4 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Brunswick, VA; Lunenburg, VA; Mecklenburg, VA, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 536,581 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; Lunenburg, VA; Mecklenburg, 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.
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Brunswick, VA; Lunenburg, VA; Mecklenburg, VA · ≈ 840 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.
- Bulletin NWS Wakefield VA
Flash Flood Warning extended until Aug 5, 01:00 UTC
Brunswick, VA; Lunenburg, VA; Mecklenburg, VA
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 S Bon Air, VA
Road closed due to flooding near the intersection of Cardiff Rd and Ivybridge Crossing in Chesterfield County.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NNW Hopewell, VA
Flooding of numerous roads in Hopewell. Some schools delaying buses and release of students due to flooding.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NE Hopewell, VA
Flooding reported impacting the Courthouse in downtown Hopewell.
Show 6 earlier updates
- NWS AKQ storm report Storm report
- 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.
- NJ.com News
- 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 ↗.