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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1059 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF HOPEWELL IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF PETERSBURG IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CHARLES CITY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL NEW KENT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN DINWIDDIE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT.
* AT 1059 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BELLWOOD TO CHESTER TO NEAR CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE
TO NEAR MATOACA TO NEAR SUTHERLAND, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, CHESTER, FORT LEE,
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, ETTRICK, MATOACA, SUTHERLAND, AND
BELLWOOD AROUND 1105 PM EDT.
JORDANS POINT AROUND 1115 PM EDT.
PRINCE GEORGE AROUND 1120 PM EDT.
GARYSVILLE AND ADKINS STORE AROUND 1125 PM EDT.
CHARLES CITY AND RUTHVILLE AROUND 1130 PM EDT.
BURROWSVILLE AROUND 1135 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
TAYLORS CORNER, WAYSIDE, BIRCHETT ESTATE, ADDISON, JORDAN POINT
COUNTRY CLUB, PETERSBURG NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD, GLENDALE, NEW BOHEMIA,
PETERSBURG AIRPORT, AND RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE
NWS WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
LAT...LON 3722 7772 3722 7769 3724 7768 3724 7766
3726 7765 3727 7766 3737 7754 3746 7753
3746 7743 3745 7742 3746 7742 3744 7696
3729 7697 3720 7707 3708 7728 3720 7773
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 280DEG 31KT 3741 7745 3737 7746 3733 7749 3728
7755 3724 7762
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
ZIMMERMAN
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