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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
414 AM EDT MON JUL 27 2026
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CHARLES CITY VA-WESTERN CHESTERFIELD VA-
WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND) VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-
DINWIDDIE VA-EASTERN HENRICO VA-
EASTERN CHESTERFIELD (INCLUDING COL. HEIGHTS) VA-
414 AM EDT MON JUL 27 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD
NORTHWESTERN CHARLES CITY...NORTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGE...SOUTHEASTERN
HENRICO AND NORTHEASTERN DINWIDDIE COUNTIES...THE CITY OF RICHMOND...
THE CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS...THE CITY OF HOPEWELL AND THE CITY OF
PETERSBURG THROUGH 500 AM EDT...
AT 414 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE TO NEAR CHESTER
TO NEAR BOTTOMS BRIDGE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
HOPEWELL, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, CHESTER, FORT LEE, AND CHESTERFIELD
COURT HOUSE AROUND 420 AM EDT.
ETTRICK AND JORDANS POINT AROUND 430 AM EDT.
PETERSBURG AND MATOACA AROUND 435 AM EDT.
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND PRINCE GEORGE AROUND 440 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE RICHMOND HEIGHTS,
WAYSIDE, BIRCHETT ESTATE, ADDISON, JORDAN POINT COUNTRY CLUB,
PETERSBURG NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD, GLENDALE, SANDSTON, POCAHONTAS STATE
PARK, AND NEW BOHEMIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3718 7754 3717 7720 3734 7709 3756 7731
3750 7740 3745 7764
TIME...MOT...LOC 0814Z 332DEG 14KT 3739 7760 3738 7734 3750 7727
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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