Virginia Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/04/2026 12:59

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 3:59PM EDT until July 4 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 4, 2026 - 12:59pm
Expires: 
July 4, 2026 - 1:45pm
Description: 
SVRAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Hanover County in central Virginia... * Until 445 PM EDT. * At 359 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Randolph Macon College, and is nearly stationary. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Ashland around 405 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Gum Tree, Gilman, Goodall, Elmont, and Hanover Airport.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Please report severe weather by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
Area Description: 
Hanover, VA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wakefield VA