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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 26, 2026Lunenburg County, Nottoway County, Prince Edward County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2026, 8:36 PM EDT for Lunenburg County, Nottoway County, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was in force for 77 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2026, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2026, 9:53 PM EDT
In force: 77 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Lunenburg County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA

The radar

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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 May 26, 7:55 PM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 7:55 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 8:17 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 6:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 6:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 6:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 6:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 7:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 8:25 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 1:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland	60 min
May 27, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Louisa	48 min
May 27, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland	48 min
May 27, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Goochland, Louisa	62 min
May 27, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	45 min
May 27, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		61 min
May 27, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lancaster, Middlesex	38 min
May 27, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		77 min
May 27, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	40 min
May 27, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	39 min
May 27, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover	46 min
May 27, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		2 hr
May 27, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	48 min
May 27, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	52 min
May 27, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna	30 min
May 27, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan	46 min
May 27, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland	47 min
May 27, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Newport News	46 min
May 27, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		75 min
May 27, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Richmond	44 min
May 27, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond	38 min
May 27, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford, Northampton	65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.