Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2021, 5:20 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Virginia; Northampton County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2021, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2021, 9:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Northampton County, NC, Brunswick County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
907
WGUS51 KAKQ 082120
FFWAKQ
NCC131-VAC025-090200-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FF.W.0028.210708T2120Z-210709T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
520 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Northampton County in northeastern North Carolina...
Southern Brunswick County in south central Virginia...
* Until 1000 PM EDT.
* At 520 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain falling across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches
of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches
are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
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...
Lawrenceville, Brodnax, Brunswick, Gasburg, Ebony, White Plains,
Valentines, Bowens Corner, Triplet, Henrico, Ante, Meredithville
and Vultare.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3654 7804 3684 7802 3672 7767 3654 7778
3648 7767 3649 7773 3648 7775 3648 7777
3650 7782 3650 7787 3651 7789 3651 7790
3654 7790
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
$$
JM1 follow-up statement
394
WGUS71 KAKQ 090101
FFSAKQ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
901 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
NCC131-VAC025-090111-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210709T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Northampton NC-Brunswick VA-
901 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTHAMPTON AND
SOUTHERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3654 7804 3684 7802 3672 7767 3654 7778
3648 7767 3649 7773 3648 7775 3648 7777
3650 7782 3650 7787 3651 7789 3651 7790
3654 7790
$$
JMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:21 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton and 8 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:31 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 27 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 4:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:35 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 26 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Suffolk | 14 min |
| Jul 8, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 11 min | |
| Jul 8, 6:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Surry and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 7:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 9 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 36 min | |
| Jul 8, 7:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, James City and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 36 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.