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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2025, 12:32 AM EDT for Westmoreland County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2025, 12:32 AM EDT (04:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2025, 3:39 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Westmoreland County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 26, 7:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 7:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wakefield VA 327 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025 MDZ021>024-NCZ012-013-030-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>079-084>087-099- 100-509>511-517>522-271930- Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Northampton-Hertford- Bertie-Fluvanna-Prince Edward-Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline- Mecklenburg-Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia-Powhatan-Westmoreland-Richmond- Northumberland-Lancaster-Brunswick-Gloucester-Middlesex-Mathews- Greensville-Accomack-Western Louisa-Eastern Louisa-Western Hanover- Western King William-Eastern King William-Western King and Queen- Eastern King and Queen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex- 327 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, northeast North Carolina, central Virginia, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia, north central Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Scattered storms are possible Friday with isolated strong to severe gusts and localized flooding possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. NCZ014>017-031-032-102-VAZ080>083-088>090-092-093-095>098-512>516- 523>525-271930- Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-Chowan-Perquimans- Eastern Currituck-Dinwiddie- Prince George (including Hopewell and Petersburg)-Charles City- New Kent-Sussex-Surry-James City-Southampton-Isle of Wight- Norfolk/Portsmouth-Suffolk-Chesapeake-Virginia Beach-Eastern Hanover- Western Chesterfield-Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)- Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico- York-Newport News-Hampton/Poquoson- 327 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM EDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina, central Virginia, east central Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. MDZ025-271930- Maryland Beaches- 327 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered storms are possible this evening. Localized strong to severe gusts are the primary hazard. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Scattered storms are possible Friday with isolated strong to severe gusts possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Louisa | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 10:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 11:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Westmoreland | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 12:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Emporia | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Franklin | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 6:53 PM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 12 hr | |
| Jun 27, 6:53 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 5 hr | |
| Jun 27, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 2:35 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 17 hr |
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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.