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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1259 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
VAZ062-069-083-511>513-515>522-220545-
WESTERN KING AND QUEEN VA-
WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND) VA-
WESTERN HANOVER VA-EASTERN ESSEX VA-EASTERN KING AND QUEEN VA-
EASTERN HENRICO VA-GOOCHLAND VA-EASTERN HANOVER VA-NEW KENT VA-
WESTERN CHESTERFIELD VA-WESTERN KING WILLIAM VA-
EASTERN KING WILLIAM VA-WESTERN ESSEX VA-POWHATAN VA-
1259 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CHESTERFIELD
CENTRAL KING AND QUEEN...SOUTHEASTERN GOOCHLAND...NEW KENT...
HENRICO...KING WILLIAM...SOUTHEASTERN HANOVER...EAST CENTRAL POWHATAN
AND SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND THROUGH 145
AM EDT...
AT 1258 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM HANOVER TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF MANAKIN. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND MINOR FLOODING
POSSIBLE.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND,
MECHANICSVILLE, DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, TUCKAHOE, BON AIR, VIRGINIA
COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, LAUREL, AND LAKESIDE AROUND 105 AM EDT.
HIGHLAND SPRINGS, MANQUIN, AND AYLETT AROUND 110 AM EDT.
SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH AROUND 115 AM EDT.
KING WILLIAM, TUNSTALL, AND MILLERS TAVERN AROUND 120 AM EDT.
STEVENSVILLE, BOTTOMS BRIDGE, AND DUNNSVILLE AROUND 125 AM EDT.
CENTER CROSS AROUND 130 AM EDT.
KING AND QUEEN COURT HOUSE AND TALLEYSVILLE AROUND 135 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE COHOKE, ETNA MILLS,
MONTROSE, SANDSTON, ROSE GARDEN, BISCOE, CHAMBERLAYNE, ATLEE,
ASHCAKE, AND CROUCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THESE STORMS 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 200 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL, EASTERN, NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3759 7776 3782 7747 3782 7741 3781 7742
3779 7739 3778 7740 3778 7737 3784 7729
3788 7678 3779 7668 3773 7675 3771 7675
3746 7694 3746 7712 3748 7714 3748 7716
3749 7716 3749 7718 3747 7719 3748 7778
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 261DEG 51KT 3776 7737 3750 7770
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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