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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
455 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
VAZ062-069-082-083-512>516-220945-
GOOCHLAND VA-EASTERN HANOVER VA-CHARLES CITY VA-NEW KENT VA-
WESTERN CHESTERFIELD VA-
WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND) VA-POWHATAN VA-
EASTERN HENRICO VA-EASTERN CHESTERFIELD (INCLUDING COL. HEIGHTS) VA-
455 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD
NORTHWESTERN CHARLES CITY...SOUTHEASTERN GOOCHLAND...WESTERN NEW
KENT...HENRICO...SOUTHEASTERN HANOVER AND SOUTHEASTERN POWHATAN
COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND THROUGH 545 AM EDT...
AT 455 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MOSELEY, MOVING EAST AT 55 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...
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, TUCKAHOE, MOSELEY,
TALLEYSVILLE, HIGHLAND SPRINGS, DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, BON AIR, VIRGINIA
UNION UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, ROXBURY, MECHANICSVILLE,
CHESTER, BELLWOOD, MANAKIN, TUNSTALL, PROVIDENCE FORGE, SABOT,
LAUREL, AND CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE.
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 3768 7747 3768 7744 3764 7742 3766 7738
3770 7738 3772 7723 3769 7724 3769 7721
3768 7721 3769 7719 3766 7719 3767 7715
3766 7711 3763 7713 3762 7709 3736 7702
3737 7788 3743 7786 3746 7788 3761 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0855Z 262DEG 47KT 3746 7778
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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