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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 6, 2026Goochland County, Henrico County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2026, 8:09 PM EDT for Goochland County, Henrico County, Virginia. It was in force for 111 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, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2026, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
111 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Goochland County, VA, Henrico County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 00:00Z on 2026-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1792 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 00:00Z on 2026-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1792 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg45 min
Jul 6, 8:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQAmelia, Dinwiddie, Nottoway95 min
Jul 6, 10:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg119 min
Jul 7, 2:39 AM EDTFlood WatchAKQAmelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 39 more21 hr
Jul 7, 5:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCaroline2 hr
Jul 7, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLunenburg46 min
Jul 7, 6:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQEssex, King and Queen, King William, Richmond87 min
Jul 7, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQKing and Queen, King William, New Kent41 min
Jul 7, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSurry, City of Williamsburg47 min
Jul 7, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ61 min
Jul 7, 7:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCharles City, James City, Prince George, Surry, York, City of Williamsburg115 min
Jul 7, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, New Kent, York and 1 more54 min
Jul 7, 7:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie112 min
Jul 7, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden41 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.