Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued March 16 at 4:06PM EDT until March 16 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 16, 2026 - 1:06pm
Expires:
March 16, 2026 - 4:15pm
Description:
FFWAKQ
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Camden County in northeastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Currituck County in northeastern North Carolina...
Southeastern Pasquotank County in northeastern North Carolina...
The Southeastern City of Virginia Beach in southeastern Virginia...
* Until 715 PM EDT.
* At 406 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain falling across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches
of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Virginia Beach, Currituck, Camden, Weeksville, Moyock, Knotts
Island, Indiantown, Shiloh, Whitehall Shores, Sligo, Maple,
Snowden, Shawboro, Munden, Gregory, Belcross, Riddle, Bartlett,
Spences Corner and Taylors Beach.
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report flooding by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS
Wakefield Facebook page, or using X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
Area Description:
Camden, NC; Currituck, NC; Pasquotank, NC; City of Virginia Beach, VA
Forcast Office:
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov