Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Locations Affected

Suffolk, VA ∙ Lake Drummond, VA ∙ Norfolk Chesapeake Regional Airport, VA ∙ Suffolk Municipal Airport, VA ∙ Hampton Roads Executive Airport, VA ∙ Whaleyville, VA ∙ Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, VA

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wakefield VA 426 PM EDT Thu Jul 18 2024 The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... The southwestern City of Chesapeake in southeastern Virginia... The City of Suffolk in southeastern Virginia... * Until 515 PM EDT. * At 426 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Suffolk, or near Holland, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Suffolk around 430 PM EDT. Downtown Suffolk around 435 PM EDT. Chesapeake around 445 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Wilroy, Lummis, Nurney, Kilby, Suffolk Airport, Herberts Corner, Saunders, Magnolia, Somerton, and Chesapeake Airport. 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 Twitter @NWSWAKEFIELDVA. && LAT...LON 3662 7688 3682 7663 3675 7624 3655 7642 3655 7673 TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 291DEG 23KT 3670 7669 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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