Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2024
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2024, 4:16 PM EDT for Chesterfield County, Henrico County, City of Richmond, Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 reports 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
- May 24, 2024, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2024, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chesterfield County, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Henrico County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:34 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Downtown Richmond, VA | VDOT web cam indicates flooding at the corner of Belvidere and Canal Streets. More than 6 inches of water is on the roadway. |
| May 24, 4:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Downtown Richmond, VA | About 18 inches of water on roadway near the intersection of Cary St and Arthur Ashe Blvd. |
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
980
WGUS51 KAKQ 242016
FFWAKQ
VAC041-087-760-242315-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FF.W.0021.240524T2016Z-240524T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
416 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Chesterfield County in central Virginia...
Central Henrico County in central Virginia...
The City of Richmond in central Virginia...
* Until 715 PM EDT.
* At 416 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1
to 1.5 inches in 30 minutes. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
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...
Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Downtown Richmond,
Virginia Union University, Highland Springs, University Of
Richmond, Chester, Mechanicsville, Bon Air, Tuckahoe, Bensley,
East Highland Park, Bellwood, Lakeside, Chesterfield Court House,
Laurel, Chesterfield, Richmond Heights, Montrose and Drewrys Bluff.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 Twitter @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
&&
LAT...LON 3760 7758 3762 7753 3762 7745 3758 7733
3752 7721 3745 7725 3741 7731 3738 7737
3737 7750 3740 7758 3752 7755 3754 7760
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
$$
EI1 follow-up statement
498
WGUS71 KAKQ 242230
FFSAKQ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
630 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024
VAC041-087-760-242240-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240524T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Chesterfield VA-Henrico VA-City of Richmond VA-
630 PM EDT Fri May 24 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD AND
CENTRAL HENRICO COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
&&
LAT...LON 3760 7758 3762 7753 3762 7745 3758 7733
3752 7721 3745 7725 3741 7731 3738 7737
3737 7750 3740 7758 3752 7755 3754 7760
$$
MRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 43 min |
| May 24, 9:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 57 min | |
| May 24, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 61 min | |
| May 24, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Westmoreland | 51 min |
| May 24, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| May 24, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Richmond | 41 min |
| May 24, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northumberland | 24 min |
| May 24, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | King William | 38 min |
| May 24, 3:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, King William | 114 min |
| May 24, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, King William | 49 min |
| May 24, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Henrico, New Kent | 38 min |
| May 24, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 46 min |
| May 24, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 30 min |
| May 24, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince George, Sussex, City of Petersburg | 46 min |
| May 24, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 48 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.