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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
749 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
VAZ064-081>083-511>519-521-050030-
WESTERN KING AND QUEEN VA-
WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND) VA-
WESTERN HANOVER VA-EASTERN HENRICO VA-CAROLINE VA-EASTERN HANOVER VA-
CHARLES CITY VA-NEW KENT VA-WESTERN CHESTERFIELD VA-
WESTERN KING WILLIAM VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-EASTERN KING WILLIAM VA-
WESTERN ESSEX VA-EASTERN CHESTERFIELD (INCLUDING COL. HEIGHTS) VA-
749 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HANOVER...CHESTERFIELD
NORTHWESTERN KING AND QUEEN...NORTHWESTERN CHARLES CITY...
NORTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGE...WESTERN NEW KENT...CAROLINE...HENRICO...
KING WILLIAM AND NORTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTIES...THE CITY OF COLONIAL
HEIGHTS...THE CITY OF HOPEWELL AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND THROUGH 830
PM EDT...
AT 748 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LADYSMITH TO NEAR
WYNDHAM TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
RICHMOND, ASHLAND, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF
RICHMOND, RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE, CHESTER, DOWNTOWN RICHMOND,
TUCKAHOE, BON AIR, AND VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY AROUND 755
PM EDT.
MECHANICSVILLE, EAST HIGHLAND PARK, AND BELLWOOD AROUND 800 PM
EDT.
BOWLING GREEN, MILFORD, HANOVER, AND DAWN AROUND 805 PM EDT.
HIGHLAND SPRINGS AROUND 810 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE CHILESBURG, BEAZLEY,
WAYSIDE, GUM TREE, ETNA MILLS, MONTROSE, SANDSTON, GLENDALE,
POCAHONTAS STATE PARK, AND BISCOE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3822 7728 3825 7728 3825 7725 3824 7723
3823 7725 3819 7725 3820 7722 3817 7717
3815 7705 3787 7701 3729 7707 3724 7758
3727 7761 3729 7768 3757 7764 3758 7762
3760 7764 3800 7763 3825 7737 3825 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 245DEG 21KT 3798 7754 3770 7756 3731 7760
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
HET
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