Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2021, 1:25 PM EDT for Chesterfield County, Henrico County, Virginia. It was in force for 101 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2021, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2021, 3:06 PM EDT
- In force
- 101 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chesterfield County, VA, Henrico County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:29 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E Chester, VA | WATER RESCUE AT 1200 BLOCK OF WEST HUNDRED ROAD. 1 LANE OF WEST BOUND VA-10 PARTIALLY CLOSED DUE TO WATER ON ROADWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
150
WGUS51 KAKQ 221725
FFWAKQ
VAC041-087-222000-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FF.W.0026.210622T1725Z-210622T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
125 PM EDT Tue Jun 22 2021
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Chesterfield County in central Virginia...
South Central Henrico County in central Virginia...
* Until 400 PM EDT.
* At 125 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
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...
Richmond, Chester, Bellwood, Chesterfield Court House, Bensley,
Chesterfield, Centralia, Drewrys Bluff and Pocahontas State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3735 7733 3732 7744 3732 7755 3739 7758
3742 7761 3743 7760 3745 7752 3745 7743
3745 7742 3746 7736 3740 7734
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
051 follow-up statement
101
WGUS71 KAKQ 221906
FFSAKQ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
306 PM EDT Tue Jun 22 2021
VAC041-087-221916-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210622T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Chesterfield VA-Henrico VA-
306 PM EDT Tue Jun 22 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD AND
SOUTH CENTRAL HENRICO COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3735 7733 3732 7744 3732 7755 3739 7758
3742 7761 3743 7760 3745 7752 3745 7743
3745 7742 3746 7736 3740 7734
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Lancaster, Middlesex, New Kent | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 41 min | |
| Jun 22, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 61 min | |
| Jun 22, 1:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | James City, City of Williamsburg | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 1:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Prince George, City of Hopewell | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 80 min | |
| Jun 22, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 57 min | |
| Jun 22, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 54 min | |
| Jun 22, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 66 min | |
| Jun 22, 2:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | James City, York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk and 4 more | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 87 min | |
| Jun 22, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 84 min | |
| Jun 22, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 77 min | |
| Jun 22, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 37 min | |
| Jun 22, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 52 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.