624  
WWUS81 KAKQ 220820  
SPSAKQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
420 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026  
 
VAZ061-062-068-069-220900-  
GOOCHLAND VA-POWHATAN VA-AMELIA VA-CUMBERLAND VA-  
420 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CUMBERLAND  
SOUTHWESTERN  
GOOCHLAND...NORTHWESTERN AMELIA AND WESTERN POWHATAN COUNTIES THROUGH  
500 AM EDT...  
 
AT 419 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
DILLWYN, MOVING EAST AT 30 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.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
POWHATAN, CUMBERLAND, GUINEA MILLS, TOBACCOVILLE, TRENHOLM,  
SUNNYSIDE, MORVEN, CHULA, MACON, BALLSVILLE, RAINES TAVERN, ANGOLA,  
ROCK CASTLE, OAK FOREST, THREE SQUARE, WINTERHAM, HAWK, MICHAUX,  
WHITEVILLE, AND WEST VIEW.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3763 7825 3769 7791 3744 7786 3742 7786  
3742 7788 3740 7787 3735 7788 3734 7823  
3737 7824 3736 7825 3736 7826 3734 7826  
3735 7828 3734 7828 3734 7846  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0819Z 266DEG 26KT 3748 7844  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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