Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 21 at 11:58PM EDT until July 22 at 12:45AM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 21, 2026 - 8:58pm
Expires:
July 21, 2026 - 9:45pm
Description:
SVRAKQ
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Middlesex County in eastern Virginia...
Northumberland County in eastern Virginia...
Southeastern Richmond County in east central Virginia...
Lancaster County in eastern Virginia...
* Until 1245 AM EDT.
* At 1158 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles north of Fair Port to near Jamaica, moving
east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Kilmarnock, Fair Port, Lancaster, and Wicomico Church around 1205
AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Byrdton, Lottsburg, Mollusk, Regina, Senora, Avalon, Bertrand, Brook
Vale, Nuttsville, and Reedville.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
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:
Lancaster, VA; Middlesex, VA; Northumberland, VA; Richmond, VA
Forcast Office:
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender: