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Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 20, 2026Chesterfield County, Henrico County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 20, 2026, 7:07 PM EDT for Chesterfield County, Henrico 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
Aug 20, 2026, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2026, 9:47 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Chesterfield County, VA, Henrico County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 12:00Z on 2026-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2026-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSurry42 min
Aug 20, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQIsle of Wight49 min
Aug 20, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Franklin, City of Suffolk47 min
Aug 20, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ58 min
Aug 20, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Suffolk39 min
Aug 20, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk49 min
Aug 20, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ56 min
Aug 20, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach49 min
Aug 20, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ93 min
Aug 20, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk46 min
Aug 20, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ30 min
Aug 20, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton43 min
Aug 20, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ95 min
Aug 20, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake18 min
Aug 20, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Virginia Beach45 min
Aug 20, 4:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach110 min
Aug 20, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ53 min
Aug 20, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ47 min
Aug 20, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChesterfield, Powhatan, City of Richmond43 min
Aug 20, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan and 1 more51 min
Aug 20, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLunenburg41 min
Aug 20, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg46 min
Aug 20, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, New Kent and 1 more46 min
Aug 20, 7:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg13 min
Aug 20, 7:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg3 hr
Aug 20, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick47 min
Aug 20, 12:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChowan38 min
Aug 20, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans50 min
Aug 20, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCurrituck42 min
Aug 20, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie, Chowan46 min
Aug 20, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChowan47 min
Aug 20, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester55 min
Aug 20, 6:41 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQDorchester34 min
Aug 20, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDorchester, Wicomico43 min
Aug 20, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester39 min
Aug 20, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico44 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.