The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Chesterfield County in central Virginia...
The City of Colonial Heights in central Virginia...
The City of Hopewell in south central Virginia...
The City of Petersburg in south central Virginia...
Prince George County in south central Virginia...
Northeastern Dinwiddie County in south central Virginia...
* Until 215 AM EDT.
* At 820 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain falling across the warned area. 2 to 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
Additional rainfall amounts of up to 2 inches are possible in the
warned area.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Richmond, Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Hopewell, Colonial Heights,
Disputanta, Fort Lee, Virginia State University, Chester, Prince
George, Bensley, Bellwood, Burrowsville, Garysville, Matoaca,
Sutherland, Ettrick, Chesterfield Court House, Jordans Point and
Carson.

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
NELSON...ALBEMARLE...AND SOUTHEASTERN AUGUSTA COUNTIES...THE CITY OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE EASTERN CITY OF WAYNESBORO...
At 556 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
that heavy rain was falling over portions of the warned area. Many
rain reports of between one and three inches have been received.
Additional rainfall amounts of one to possibly two inches are
possible. Flash flooding is expected as rainfall runoff continues
especially in areas immediately adjacent to the Blue Ridge.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Charlottesville, Waynesboro, Crozet, Crimora, Sherando, Shipman,
Schuyler, Free Union, Wintergreen, Afton, Montebello, Campbell,
Westmoreland, Hollymead, Lyndhurst, Nellysford, Ivy, Arrington,
Scottsville and Esmont.