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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
222 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
VAZ080>084-088>090-520-523-170700-
CHARLES CITY VA-NEW KENT VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-SURRY VA-DINWIDDIE VA-
SUSSEX VA-EASTERN KING AND QUEEN VA-YORK VA-GLOUCESTER VA-
JAMES CITY VA-
222 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL GLOUCESTER
SOUTHEASTERN
KING AND QUEEN...CHARLES CITY...PRINCE GEORGE...SOUTHEASTERN NEW
KENT...NORTHWESTERN YORK...NORTHEASTERN SUSSEX...EAST CENTRAL
DINWIDDIE...JAMES CITY...AND SURRY COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF
WILLIAMSBURG THROUGH 300 AM EDT...
AT 221 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM PROVIDENCE FORGE TO GARYSVILLE TO NEAR CARSON.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH, PEA SIZE HAIL, HEAVY RAIN, AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE. REDUCED VISIBILITY AND MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSBURG, CHARLES CITY, GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE, WAVERLY,
WAKEFIELD, CLAREMONT, SURRY, QUEENS LAKE, DISPUTANTA, NORGE, TOANO,
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, DENDRON, BUSCH GARDENS, RUSTIC,
BURROWSVILLE, GARYSVILLE, PROVIDENCE FORGE, CARVER GARDENS, AND
ELBERON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3727 7723 3749 7710 3749 7645 3723 7660
3694 7696 3700 7755
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 271DEG 39KT 3745 7702 3727 7714 3702 7746
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
MM
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