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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2026, 12:38 PM EDT for Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 52 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
- Jun 18, 2026, 12:38 PM EDT (16:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 18, 6:49 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 6:49 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wakefield VA 430 AM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026 NCZ012>017-030>032-190830- Northampton-Hertford-Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck- Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans- 430 AM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026 ...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. INCREASED FIRE DANGER. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. NCZ102-190830- Eastern Currituck- 430 AM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. hot conditions are expected Thursday. Highs will average in the mid to upper 90s, with heat index values in the 100 to 103 degree range. Additionally, isolated strong to severe storms will be possible Thursday evening. Damaging wind gusts will be the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. MDZ021>024-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>086-509>522-190830- Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Fluvanna-Prince Edward- Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline-Mecklenburg-Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia- Powhatan-Westmoreland-Richmond-Northumberland-Lancaster-Brunswick- Dinwiddie-Prince George (including Hopewell and Petersburg)- Charles City-New Kent-Gloucester-Middlesex-Mathews-Western Louisa- Eastern Louisa-Western Hanover-Eastern Hanover-Western Chesterfield- Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)- Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico- Western King William-Eastern King William-Western King and Queen- Eastern King and Queen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex- 430 AM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, central Virginia, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia, north central Virginia and south central Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a Slight Risk for severe weather today ahead of an approaching cold front. Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon into this evening. Damaging wind gusts are the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. VAZ087>090-092-097-098-523>525-528>531-190830- Greensville-Sussex-Surry-James City-Southampton-Chesapeake- Virginia Beach-York-Newport News-Hampton/Poquoson-Isle of Wight- Suffolk-Norfolk-Portsmouth- 430 AM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. There is a Slight Risk for severe weather today ahead of an approaching cold front. Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon into this evening. Damaging wind gusts are the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. MDZ025-VAZ099-100-190830- Maryland Beaches-Accomack-Northampton- 430 AM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, eastern Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. There is a Slight Risk for severe weather today ahead of an approaching cold front. Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon into this evening. Damaging wind gusts are the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:11 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and 12 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Emporia, City of Franklin | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 58 min | |
| Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 45 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.