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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 4, 2026Surry County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2026, 2:44 PM EDT for Surry County, Virginia. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2026, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2026, 3:33 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Surry County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 721 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
721 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-310 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 1:52 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryAKQAmelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 45 more30 hr
Jul 4, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQJames City, City of Williamsburg48 min
Jul 4, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, James City, Prince George, Surry40 min
Jul 4, 2:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQJames City, Surry11 min
Jul 4, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ31 min
Jul 4, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHanover45 min
Jul 4, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHanover49 min
Jul 4, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, King William40 min
Jul 4, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSussex51 min
Jul 4, 3:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQHanover, Henrico77 min
Jul 4, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna46 min
Jul 4, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHanover26 min
Jul 4, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, Louisa49 min
Jul 4, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQFluvanna, Louisa51 min
Jul 4, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie37 min
Jul 4, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline41 min
Jul 4, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLouisa53 min
Jul 4, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa49 min
Jul 4, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan57 min
Jul 4, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, King William, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more41 min
Jul 4, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDorchester44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.