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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 22, 2026Fluvanna County, Louisa County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2026, 4:03 PM EDT for Fluvanna County, Louisa County, Virginia. It was in force for 114 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 22, 2026, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2026, 5:57 PM EDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Fluvanna County, VA, Louisa County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 22, 3:43 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:43 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 4:26 AM EDT, 11 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:06 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:19 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:38 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 11:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, King William, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	3 hr
Jul 21, 11:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond	47 min
Jul 21, 11:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		91 min
Jul 22, 12:11 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond	3 hr
Jul 22, 12:14 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		2 hr
Jul 22, 12:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack	57 min
Jul 22, 12:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Louisa	52 min
Jul 22, 12:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, City of Richmond	46 min
Jul 22, 1:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen and 3 more	50 min
Jul 22, 1:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King William, Powhatan	3 hr
Jul 22, 1:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack	12 min
Jul 22, 1:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack	4 hr
Jul 22, 1:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	47 min
Jul 22, 1:34 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		86 min
Jul 22, 1:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chesterfield, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen and 6 more	3 hr
Jul 22, 1:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland	40 min
Jul 22, 2:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex	54 min
Jul 22, 3:14 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		76 min
Jul 22, 3:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	45 min
Jul 22, 3:36 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		69 min
Jul 22, 4:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Powhatan	40 min
Jul 22, 4:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	50 min
Jul 22, 5:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights	40 min
Jul 22, 5:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, Powhatan, Prince George and 3 more	49 min
Jul 22, 6:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Gloucester, James City	44 min
Jul 22, 6:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	39 min
Jul 22, 6:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		55 min
Jul 22, 6:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews	24 min
Jul 22, 6:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	32 min
Jul 22, 7:03 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		27 min
Jul 22, 7:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		96 min
Jul 22, 7:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	New Kent	45 min
Jul 22, 8:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Nottoway, Prince Edward	39 min
Jul 22, 9:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Nottoway	41 min
Jul 22, 9:11 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Jul 22, 9:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	48 min
Jul 22, 10:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Surry, York, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Williamsburg	40 min
Jul 22, 10:24 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		66 min
Jul 22, 12:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	34 min
Jul 22, 1:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	52 min
Jul 22, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, James City	43 min
Jul 22, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		57 min
Jul 22, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mathews	26 min
Jul 22, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	67 min
Jul 22, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		67 min
Jul 22, 4:04 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		18 hr
Jul 22, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King George	42 min
Jul 22, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Westmoreland	32 min
Jul 22, 7:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chesterfield, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell	95 min
Jul 21, 10:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	66 min
Jul 21, 11:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	62 min
Jul 21, 11:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	28 min
Jul 22, 12:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	4 hr
Jul 22, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	39 min
Jul 22, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	58 min
Jul 22, 7:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Wicomico	106 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.