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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 27, 2026City of Virginia Beach, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2026, 12:47 PM EDT for City of Virginia Beach, 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, 12:47 PM EDT (16:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County City of Virginia Beach, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3:37 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond2 hr
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, 12:49 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.