Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 3:22PM EDT until June 18 at 4:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 18, 2026 - 12:22pm
Expires:
June 18, 2026 - 1:00pm
Description:
SVRAKQ
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Camden County in northeastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Pasquotank County in northeastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Perquimans County in northeastern North Carolina...
Gates County in northeastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Currituck County in northeastern North Carolina...
The southern City of Chesapeake in southeastern Virginia...
The southern City of Suffolk in southeastern Virginia...
* Until 400 PM EDT.
* At 321 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Holland to near Gates to near Gatesville,
moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Gatesville, Suffolk, Whaleyville, and Corapeake around 325 PM EDT.
Sunbury around 330 PM EDT.
Chesapeake and Hobbsville around 335 PM EDT.
South Mills and Morgans Corner around 350 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Horseshoe, Pierceville, Savage, Peach, Buckland, Tar Corner, Sharon,
Nurney, Spences Corner, and Lilly.
Instruction:
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.
Area Description:
Camden, NC; Currituck, NC; Gates, NC; Pasquotank, NC; Perquimans, NC; City of Chesapeake, VA; City of Suffolk, VA
Forcast Office:
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender: