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Flash Flood Warning 99, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 22, 20264 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 2026, 2:23 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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
Sep 22, 2026, 2:23 PM EDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2026, 4:24 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2026-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1471 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2026-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1471 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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
Sep 22, 1:58 AM EDTGale WarningAKQ5 days
Sep 22, 2:10 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen and 20 more38 hr
Sep 22, 2:10 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach5 days
Sep 22, 10:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQGloucester, Lancaster, Middlesex37 min
Sep 22, 10:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQGloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex3 hr
Sep 22, 12:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQGloucester, Mathews11 min
Sep 22, 12:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQGloucester, Mathews3 hr
Sep 22, 12:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQGloucester, York3 hr
Sep 22, 1:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQYork, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson3 hr
Sep 22, 2:57 PM EDTCoastal Flood WarningAKQAccomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City and 24 more5 days
Sep 22, 3:01 PM EDTWind AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Northampton, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach53 hr
Sep 22, 5:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk3 hr
Sep 22, 4:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQBertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans2 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.