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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 6, 2026City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2026, 5:41 PM EDT for City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina. It was in force for 80 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: Jul 6, 2026, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2026, 7:01 PM EDT
In force: 80 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Currituck County, NC, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2376 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 3:03 AM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 45 more	21 hr
Jul 6, 12:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		56 min
Jul 6, 12:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		84 min
Jul 6, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland	52 min
Jul 6, 2:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	102 min
Jul 6, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, Sussex	40 min
Jul 6, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		89 min
Jul 6, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Jul 6, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland	30 min
Jul 6, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		57 min
Jul 6, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond	50 min
Jul 6, 3:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Middlesex	81 min
Jul 6, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	47 min
Jul 6, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex	53 min
Jul 6, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		55 min
Jul 6, 3:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick	62 min
Jul 6, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	40 min
Jul 6, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		36 min
Jul 6, 4:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Jul 6, 4:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Surry	106 min
Jul 6, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	42 min
Jul 6, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	41 min
Jul 6, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Louisa	39 min
Jul 6, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		68 min
Jul 6, 5:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk	89 min
Jul 6, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	47 min
Jul 6, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, City of Richmond	23 min
Jul 6, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	32 min
Jul 6, 6:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Mecklenburg	64 min
Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Mecklenburg	29 min
Jul 6, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield	23 min
Jul 6, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Powhatan	38 min
Jul 6, 7:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Goochland, Henrico, Powhatan	2 hr
Jul 6, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Powhatan	29 min
Jul 6, 7:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan	56 min
Jul 6, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico	50 min
Jul 6, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Nottoway	23 min
Jul 6, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Goochland	35 min
Jul 6, 7:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Goochland, Powhatan	119 min
Jul 6, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Nottoway	44 min
Jul 6, 7:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell	3 hr
Jul 6, 7:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	2 hr
Jul 6, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Henrico	44 min
Jul 6, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan	52 min
Jul 6, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Perquimans	43 min
Jul 6, 3:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Chowan	4 hr
Jul 6, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gates, Hertford	47 min
Jul 6, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden	43 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	46 min
Jul 6, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	48 min
Jul 6, 5:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Northampton	93 min
Jul 6, 7:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline	44 min
Jul 6, 8:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	38 min
Jul 6, 8:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico	66 min
Jul 6, 9:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico	51 min
Jul 6, 10:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	60 min
Jul 6, 11:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	60 min
Jul 6, 11:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	52 min
Jul 6, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	45 min

Nearby

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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.