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WWUS81 KAKQ 211939
SPSAKQ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
339 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
VAZ062-064-069-511>513-515>517-519-521-212030-
GOOCHLAND VA-EASTERN HANOVER VA-WESTERN KING AND QUEEN VA-
WESTERN CHESTERFIELD VA-
WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND) VA-
WESTERN KING WILLIAM VA-WESTERN HANOVER VA-WESTERN ESSEX VA-
POWHATAN VA-EASTERN HENRICO VA-CAROLINE VA-
339 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN KING AND QUEEN
SOUTHEASTERN GOOCHLAND...SOUTH CENTRAL CAROLINE...NORTHERN HENRICO...
NORTHWESTERN KING WILLIAM...HANOVER...EAST CENTRAL POWHATAN AND
CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 339 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
MOSELEY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RICHMOND, ASHLAND, RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH
UNIVERSITY, TUCKAHOE, HIGHLAND SPRINGS, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY,
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH, MECHANICSVILLE, BON
AIR, HANOVER, MANAKIN, MANQUIN, BEULAHVILLE, DAWN, SABOT, LAUREL,
WYNDHAM, AND MANGOHICK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3779 7767 3791 7687 3759 7716 3760 7717
3756 7722 3750 7791
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 261DEG 39KT 3774 7755 3751 7777
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
MRD
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