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Part of: Portsmouth city Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 4 at 6:29PM EDT until August 5 at 12:30AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Halifax, VA, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 63,524 acres
- Began
- To end
Hazard details
- Flash-flood damage threat
- CONSIDERABLE
Damage signals as reported by NOAA / National Weather Service — verbatim, not an estimate.
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Halifax, VA · ≈ 99 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 ENE Walkers, VA
VDOT reported lane closures due to standing water on Route 751 in the vicinity of Siding Road, Trinity Church Road, Route 611, and Route 752.
- Storm report NWS AKQ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 ENE Walkers, VA
Rt. 751 near US-460 in Dinwiddie County closed due to flooding.
Show 4 earlier updates
- WITN News
Highway 12 remains open despite heavy flooding from overnight rain
- NWS Blacksburg VA Bulletin
- WITN News
WARRANTS: Bell Arthur man pours gasoline in witness’s house, threatens to burn it down
- WDBJ7 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 ↗.