496  
WWUS81 KAKQ 310042  
SPSAKQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
842 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2025  
 
VAZ084-086-089-090-093-523>525-310130-  
MATHEWS VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-HAMPTON/POQUOSON VA-SURRY VA-  
NEWPORT NEWS VA-YORK VA-GLOUCESTER VA-JAMES CITY VA-  
842 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2025  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER  
NORTH  
CENTRAL ISLE OF WIGHT...YORK...SOUTHEASTERN MATHEWS...SOUTHEASTERN  
JAMES CITY AND EAST CENTRAL SURRY COUNTIES...THE CITY OF POQUOSON...  
THE CITY OF HAMPTON AND THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS THROUGH 930 PM  
EDT...  
 
AT 842 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HAYES TO NEAR GROVE TO NEAR SCOTLAND.  
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCES, GLOUCESTER  
POINT, GROVE, FORT EUSTIS, LEE HALL, ACHILLES, WICOMICO, AND BUSCH  
GARDENS AROUND 845 PM EDT.  
MOBJACK AROUND 850 PM EDT.  
SEAFORD AND BAVON AROUND 900 PM EDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE RUSHMERE, LACKEY,  
CHIPPOKES STATE PARK, RUFF, LABAN, GLASS, NAXERA, ORIANA, NEWPORT  
NEWS GOLF COURSE, AND POOLESVILLE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR EASTERN AND  
SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3729 7623 3726 7628 3729 7633 3724 7634  
3721 7633 3717 7629 3710 7625 3704 7666  
3704 7670 3706 7676 3720 7672 3733 7657  
3745 7621  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 242DEG 38KT 3734 7651 3724 7659 3711 7672  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
WRAY  
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