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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 8:03 PM Aug. 20, 2026 – National Weather Service
CW . ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA CURRITUCK SOUND CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK VA TO CAPE HENRY VA INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT YORK RIVER JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE JAMES RIVER FROM JRB TO HRBT INCLUDING THE ELIZABETH RIVER COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT 20 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT 20 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO VIRGINIA-NORTH CAROLINA BORDER OUT TO 20 NM COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT 20 NM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 8:03 PM Aug. 20, 2026 – National Weather Service
VA . VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ACCOMACK AMELIA BRUNSWICK CAROLINE CHARLES CITY CHESTERFIELD CULPEPER CUMBERLAND DINWIDDIE ESSEX FAUQUIER FLUVANNA GLOUCESTER GOOCHLAND GREENSVILLE HANOVER HENRICO ISLE OF WIGHT JAMES CITY KING AND QUEEN KING WILLIAM LANCASTER LOUDOUN LOUISA LUNENBURG MADISON MATHEWS MECKLENBURG MIDDLESEX NEW KENT NORTHAMPTON NORTHUMBERLAND NOTTOWAY ORANGE POWHATAN PRINCE EDWARD PRINCE GEORGE RAPPAHANNOCK RICHMOND SOUTHAMPTON SPOTSYLVANIA SURRY SUSSEX WESTMORELAND YORK VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE CHESAPEAKE COLONIAL HEIGHTS EMPORIA FRANKLIN HAMPTON HOPEWELL NEWPORT NEWS NORFOLK PETERSBURG POQUOSON PORTSMOUTH RICHMOND SUFFOLK VIRGINIA BEACH WILLIAMSBURG
Special Marine Warning
Issued: 7:12 PM Aug. 20, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel... Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA... Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA... * Until 445 PM EDT. * At 311 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near York Spit Reef to 6 nm west of Poquoson to 6 nm southwest of Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel, moving east at 20 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, 1st Island Bay Bridge, Latimer Shoal, Plantation Light, Thimble Shoals, Poquoson, Kiptopeke Concrete Ships, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Lynnhaven, York Spit Reef, Buoy 36a, Bluefish Rock, Fishermans Island, The Hump, Cabbage Patch, Cherrystone Reef, Little Creek, 4th Island Bay Bridge, Cape Charles Harbor, and Hampton River Inlet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && HAIL...0.00IN; WIND...49KTS
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