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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 19, 2026Isle of Wight County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2026, 3:55 PM EDT for Isle of Wight County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 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 19, 2026, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2026, 6:43 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Isle of Wight County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Jul 18, 7:32 PM EDT, 20 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 7:32 PM EDT, 20 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ41 min
Jul 19, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa50 min
Jul 19, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Franklin51 min
Jul 19, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ64 min
Jul 19, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQIsle of Wight, City of Newport News41 min
Jul 19, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ27 min
Jul 19, 3:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Surry3 hr
Jul 19, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ59 min
Jul 19, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQJames City, City of Williamsburg31 min
Jul 19, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSouthampton41 min
Jul 19, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ66 min
Jul 19, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ61 min
Jul 19, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ39 min
Jul 19, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ47 min
Jul 19, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCamden, Currituck52 min
Jul 19, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank42 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2026Every flash flood warning in 2026

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.