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Part of: Portsmouth city Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 4 at 1:54PM EDT until August 4 at 4:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Chesterfield, VA; Prince George, VA; City of Colonial Heights, VA; City of Hopewell, VA, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 73,763 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 (Chesterfield, VA; Prince George, VA; City of Colonial Heights, VA; City of Hopewell, 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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Chesterfield, VA; Prince George, VA; City of Colonial Heights, VA; City of Hopewell, VA · ≈ 120 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 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.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Downtown Norfolk, VA
About 1 foot of water on road near the intersection of Monticello Ave and Princess Anne Rd.
- Bulletin NWS Wakefield VA
Flash Flood Warning issued
Chesterfield, VA; Prince George, VA; City of Colonial Heights, VA; City of Hopewell, VA
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 NE Chester, VA
Standing water on the southbound VA-288 ramp onto I-95. Traffic camera corroborates.
Show 4 earlier updates
- NWS AKQ storm report Storm report
- WRIC ABC 8News News
Flash flood warning issued in several Central Virginia localities
- WRIC ABC 8News News
StormTracker8: Daily Rain Chances bring Loclized Flooding Concern
- bbc.co.uk 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 ↗.