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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Aug 20, 2026, 8:10 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 20 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 20, 2026, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2026, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Mecklenburg County, VA
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 84 min | |
| Aug 21, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 27 min |
| Aug 20, 8:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 115 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.