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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 14, 20267 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT for 7 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 45 min. 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 14, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2026, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brunswick County, VA, City of Emporia, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Sussex County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 14, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 624 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ64 min
Aug 14, 1:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQYork, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson38 min
Aug 14, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQYork, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson49 min
Aug 14, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ60 min
Aug 14, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ66 min
Aug 14, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ53 min
Aug 14, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ61 min
Aug 14, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ87 min
Aug 14, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAKQCumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa48 min
Aug 14, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland, Prince Edward42 min
Aug 14, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward38 min
Aug 14, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Powhatan48 min
Aug 14, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia39 min
Aug 14, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQMecklenburg52 min
Aug 14, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan49 min
Aug 14, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie44 min
Aug 14, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia52 min
Aug 14, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline23 min
Aug 14, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChesterfield, City of Colonial Heights36 min
Aug 14, 3:46 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryAKQBertie, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans15 hr
Aug 14, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico46 min
Aug 14, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWicomico, Worcester38 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.