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WWUS81 KAKQ 260157
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
957 PM EDT THU SEP 25 2025
VAZ093-095>097-524-525-260245-
ISLE OF WIGHT VA-HAMPTON/POQUOSON VA-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-
NEWPORT NEWS VA-SUFFOLK VA-CHESAPEAKE VA-
957 PM EDT THU SEP 25 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL ISLE OF WIGHT
THE CITY OF NORFOLK...THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE...THE CITY
OF PORTSMOUTH...THE NORTHEASTERN CITY OF SUFFOLK...THE CITY OF
HAMPTON AND THE SOUTHERN CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS THROUGH 1045 PM EDT...
AT 957 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ISLE OF WIGHT, OR NEAR WINDSOR, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH, HEAVY RAIN, AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND MINOR FLOODING
POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SMITHFIELD AND SUFFOLK AROUND 1005 PM EDT.
CRITTENDEN AROUND 1010 PM EDT.
NEWPORT NEWS AROUND 1020 PM EDT.
HAMPTON AND PORTSMOUTH AROUND 1025 PM EDT.
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, NORFOLK, AND FORT MONROE AROUND 1030 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE CARROLLTON, PHOEBUS,
LONGVIEW, BENNS CHURCH, WILLS CORNER, HUNTERSVILLE, CHUCKATUCK,
INDIKA, RALEIGH TERRACE, AND CENTRAL HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3693 7616 3693 7618 3692 7616 3692 7618
3691 7617 3692 7619 3691 7618 3689 7620
3687 7619 3686 7620 3682 7633 3677 7671
3691 7678 3707 7627 3704 7623 3699 7625
3695 7615
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 243DEG 27KT 3687 7667
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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