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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
150 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
VAZ076>078-084>086-520-522-220630-
MATHEWS VA-MIDDLESEX VA-RICHMOND VA-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-LANCASTER VA-
EASTERN ESSEX VA-EASTERN KING AND QUEEN VA-GLOUCESTER VA-
150 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN GLOUCESTER
MIDDLESEX...EAST CENTRAL KING AND QUEEN...SOUTHERN NORTHUMBERLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND...NORTHEASTERN MATHEWS...SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX AND
LANCASTER COUNTIES THROUGH 230 AM EDT...
AT 150 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MORATTICO TO NEAR SHACKLEFORDS. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. WIND IMPACTING HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
URBANNA, LANCASTER, SALUDA, AND GLENNS AROUND 155 AM EDT.
KILMARNOCK, WHITE STONE, HARTFIELD, AND WICOMICO CHURCH AROUND 200
AM EDT.
DELTAVILLE AROUND 205 AM EDT.
GWYNN AROUND 210 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE BYRDTON, BERTRAND,
BROOK VALE, GRAFTON, REEDVILLE, AMBURG, BELLE ISLE STATE PARK,
MILLENBECK, GREYS POINT, AND MASCOT.
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
EASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3789 7624 3789 7621 3774 7625 3749 7621
3755 7669 3783 7679 3793 7631
TIME...MOT...LOC 0550Z 269DEG 51KT 3777 7662 3754 7668
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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