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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1223 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
VAZ062-064-510-511-220515-
GOOCHLAND VA-WESTERN HANOVER VA-CAROLINE VA-EASTERN LOUISA VA-
1223 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LOUISA
NORTHWESTERN GOOCHLAND...WESTERN CAROLINE AND NORTHWESTERN HANOVER
COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM EDT...
AT 1222 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HADENSVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH, PEA SIZE HAIL, AND HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISA, NORTHWESTERN GOOCHLAND, WESTERN CAROLINE AND NORTHWESTERN
HANOVER COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CHILESBURG,
ORCHID, GOLANSVILLE, GUM TREE, PENOLA, NANCY WRIGHTS CORNER,
TABSCOTT, OTHMA, CEDAR FORK, AND RUTHER GLEN.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3789 7807 3805 7776 3805 7775 3802 7775
3803 7773 3801 7772 3799 7764 3816 7746
3786 7727 3782 7730 3774 7804 3780 7811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 249DEG 42KT 3781 7799
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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