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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 27, 2026Chesterfield County, Henrico County, City of Richmond, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2026, 3:37 AM EDT for Chesterfield County, Henrico County, City of Richmond, 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 27, 2026, 3:37 AM EDT (07:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2026, 5:58 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Chesterfield County, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Henrico County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2026-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 856 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2026-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
856 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 9:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna59 min
Jul 26, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQFluvanna, Goochland, Louisa41 min
Jul 26, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, Louisa51 min
Jul 26, 10:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPrince Edward44 min
Jul 26, 10:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAKQCaroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William42 min
Jul 26, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa52 min
Jul 26, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland, Lunenburg, Prince Edward46 min
Jul 26, 11:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline24 min
Jul 26, 11:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline, Essex47 min
Jul 26, 11:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg, Prince Edward38 min
Jul 26, 11:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex, Richmond37 min
Jul 27, 12:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLunenburg44 min
Jul 27, 1:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg42 min
Jul 27, 1:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCumberland35 min
Jul 27, 2:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, Louisa39 min
Jul 27, 2:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King William, New Kent and 1 more46 min
Jul 27, 3:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King William and 2 more46 min
Jul 27, 3:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick40 min
Jul 27, 4:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia40 min
Jul 27, 4:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChesterfield, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg46 min
Jul 27, 5:17 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBrunswick102 min
Jul 27, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach44 min
Jul 27, 12:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach2 hr
Jul 27, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ71 min
Jul 27, 1:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach2 hr
Jul 27, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack32 min
Jul 27, 1:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQAccomack3 hr
Jul 27, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack48 min
Jul 27, 2:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQAccomack3 hr
Jul 27, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack21 min
Jul 27, 3:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Northampton28 min
Jul 27, 3:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQAccomack, Northampton114 min
Jul 27, 3:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQAccomack107 min
Jul 27, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPasquotank39 min
Jul 27, 6:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico42 min
Jul 27, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSomerset, Wicomico, Worcester31 min
Jul 27, 2:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQSomerset, Wicomico, Worcester3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.