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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2026, 10:06 PM EDT for 6 counties in 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
- Aug 16, 2026, 10:06 PM EDT (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2026, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, Prince George County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1901 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico and 3 more | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 8:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, King William and 6 more | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 9:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Gloucester, Henrico, James City, New Kent and 6 more | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Powhatan | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George and 3 more | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 11:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 60 min | |
| Aug 16, 11:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince George, Surry | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 12:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland, Prince Edward | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 1:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Nottoway, Powhatan and 4 more | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 1:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, James City, Prince George, Surry, City of Williamsburg | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 47 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.