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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 5, 2026Hanover County, Henrico County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2026, 6:42 PM EDT for Hanover County, Henrico County, Virginia. It was in force for 2 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
Jul 5, 2026, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2026, 8:43 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2026-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 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 2026-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-350 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPowhatan40 min
Jul 5, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQKing George39 min
Jul 5, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline48 min
Jul 5, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa45 min
Jul 5, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCumberland50 min
Jul 5, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGoochland, Hanover, Louisa59 min
Jul 5, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Cumberland19 min
Jul 5, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQKing George46 min
Jul 5, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick41 min
Jul 5, 4:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQGoochland, Louisa3 hr
Jul 5, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa50 min
Jul 5, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie44 min
Jul 5, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline49 min
Jul 5, 5:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Nottoway2 hr
Jul 5, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline34 min
Jul 5, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline50 min
Jul 5, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia52 min
Jul 5, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHenrico, City of Richmond43 min
Jul 5, 5:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCaroline2 hr
Jul 5, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHanover, Henrico, City of Richmond56 min
Jul 5, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHanover41 min
Jul 5, 6:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQHenrico, City of Richmond113 min
Jul 5, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, Henrico, King William49 min
Jul 5, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Essex20 min
Jul 4, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester48 min
Jul 4, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester, Somerset26 min
Jul 4, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDorchester, Somerset, Wicomico44 min
Jul 4, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico, Worcester60 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.