177  
WWUS81 KAKQ 190342  
SPSAKQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
1142 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026  
 
VAZ089-523>525-528-190415-  
HAMPTON/POQUOSON VA-SURRY VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-NEWPORT NEWS VA-  
YORK VA-  
1142 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN ISLE OF WIGHT
 
 
SOUTHEASTERN YORK AND SOUTHEASTERN SURRY COUNTIES...THE CITY OF  
POQUOSON...THE CITY OF HAMPTON AND THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS THROUGH  
1215 AM EDT...  
 
AT 1142 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7  
MILES NORTHWEST OF SMITHFIELD, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...  
NEWPORT NEWS AROUND 1150 PM EDT.  
FORT EUSTIS AND DENBIGH AROUND 1155 PM EDT.  
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY, PATRICK HENRY FIELD, TABB, AND  
BEACONSDALE AROUND 1200 AM EDT.  
HAMPTON AROUND 1205 AM EDT.  
SEAFORD AROUND 1210 AM EDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE RUSHMERE, PONS,  
CHIPPOKES STATE PARK, ORIANA, BETHEL CHURCH, HILTON VILLAGE, NEWPORT  
NEWS GOLF COURSE, POOLESVILLE, OYSTER POINT, AND HOG ISLAND GAME  
RESERVE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3690 7683 3696 7686 3699 7685 3698 7688  
3703 7691 3721 7668 3721 7663 3717 7661  
3718 7658 3721 7659 3725 7649 3726 7643  
3708 7622 3707 7622  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 244DEG 34KT 3703 7673  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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