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WWUS81 KAKQ 312140 RRA
SPSAKQ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
540 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025
VAZ093-095>097-312215-
ISLE OF WIGHT VA-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-SUFFOLK VA-CHESAPEAKE VA-
540 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL ISLE OF WIGHT
THE WESTERN CITY OF NORFOLK...THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE...
THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH AND THE NORTHEASTERN CITY OF SUFFOLK THROUGH
615 PM EDT...
AT 540 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
KINGS FORK, OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF SMITHFIELD, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CHESAPEAKE, SUFFOLK, DRIVER, AND CRITTENDEN AROUND 545 PM EDT.
CHURCHLAND, PORTSMOUTH, AND WESTERN BRANCH AROUND 550 PM EDT.
DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH, NORFOLK, AND CRADOCK AROUND 555 PM EDT.
DOWNTOWN NORFOLK, OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, NORFOLK STATE
UNIVERSITY, AND GHENT AROUND 600 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE SOUTH NORFOLK,
PORTLOCK, LONGVIEW, BENNS CHURCH, HUNTERSVILLE, WILLS CORNER,
CHUCKATUCK, INDIKA, HOBSON, AND WARDS CORNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3682 7673 3692 7671 3696 7645 3695 7643
3697 7640 3699 7626 3674 7625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 276DEG 41KT 3686 7661
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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