582  
WWUS51 KAKQ 170137  
SVSAKQ  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
937 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
VAC175-620-170147-  
/O.CAN.KAKQ.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-260317T0215Z/  
CITY OF FRANKLIN VA-SOUTHAMPTON VA-  
937 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY AND  
THE CITY OF FRANKLIN IS CANCELLED...  
 
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED  
AREA. THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR  
NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3590 7692 3708 7667 3723 7633 3699 7625  
3694 7614 3692 7619 3683 7623 3655 7619  
3655 7631 3646 7620 3610 7625 3608 7641  
3601 7651 3606 7662 3581 7689  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 247DEG 43KT 3709 7658 3579 7674  
 

 
 
NCC015-029-041-073-091-139-143-VAC093-199-550-650-700-710-735-740-  
800-170215-  
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-260317T0215Z/  
BERTIE NC-GATES NC-CHOWAN NC-CAMDEN NC-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC-  
HERTFORD NC-CITY OF NORFOLK VA-CITY OF POQUOSON VA-  
CITY OF CHESAPEAKE VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-YORK VA-CITY OF HAMPTON VA-  
CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS VA-CITY OF PORTSMOUTH VA-CITY OF SUFFOLK VA-  
937 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT  
FOR EASTERN BERTIE...GATES...CHOWAN...NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN...  
PASQUOTANK...PERQUIMANS...SOUTHEASTERN HERTFORD...NORTHEASTERN ISLE  
OF WIGHT...AND SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTIES...THE CITY OF NORFOLK...THE  
CITY OF POQUOSON...THE CITY OF CHESAPEAKE...THE CITY OF HAMPTON...THE  
CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS...THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH AND THE CITY OF  
SUFFOLK...  
 
AT 937 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FORT EUSTIS TO NEAR HINSON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT  
50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.  
 
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
NEWPORT NEWS, HAMPTON, HERTFORD, CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY,  
PATRICK HENRY FIELD, CHESAPEAKE, PORTSMOUTH, SUFFOLK, NORTHAMPTON,  
AND BOWERS HILL AROUND 945 PM EDT.  
WINFALL, HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, LANGLEY AFB, CHURCHLAND, NORFOLK, AND  
WESTERN BRANCH AROUND 950 PM EDT.  
DEEP CREEK, DOWNTOWN NORFOLK, OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, SOUTH  
MILLS, DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH, NORFOLK NAS, GHENT, BURGESS, MORGANS  
CORNER, AND SNUG HARBOR AROUND 955 PM EDT.  
ELIZABETH CITY, GREAT BRIDGE, OCEAN VIEW, NORFOLK STATE  
UNIVERSITY, AND NORVIEW AROUND 1000 PM EDT.  
NORTHWEST AND NIXONTON AROUND 1005 PM EDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE GOOSE  
POND, SOUTH NORFOLK, WHITES CROSSROADS, CARROLLTON, PORTLOCK,  
LONGVIEW, PIERCEVILLE, NEWSOME STORE, SAVAGE, AND ARROWHEAD BEACH.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3590 7692 3708 7667 3723 7633 3699 7625  
3694 7614 3692 7619 3683 7623 3655 7619  
3655 7631 3646 7620 3610 7625 3608 7641  
3601 7651 3606 7662 3581 7689  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 247DEG 43KT 3709 7658 3579 7674  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
ZIMMERMAN  
 
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