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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 11:17 PM Aug. 16, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 588 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA AMELIA CHESTERFIELD CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS CITY OF RICHMOND HANOVER HENRICO PRINCE EDWARD IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA CHARLES CITY ESSEX KING WILLIAM KING AND QUEEN NEW KENT RICHMOND WESTMORELAND IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA CAROLINE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA CITY OF HOPEWELL CITY OF PETERSBURG DINWIDDIE NOTTOWAY PRINCE GEORGE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMELIA COURTHOUSE, BARNETTS, BEACH, BON AIR, BOTTOMS BRIDGE, BRAYS FORK, BROWNS CORNER, BURRUSS CORNER, CARET, CEDAR FORK, CENTER CROSS, CHAMPLAIN, CHESTER, CHESTERFIELD, CHULA, CLANCIE, COLONIAL BEACH, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, CORBIN, CREWE, DAWN, DENARO, DRAGONVILLE, DUNBROOKE, DUNNSVILLE, EARLS, FARMVILLE, FORT LEE, GLEN ALLEN, GRESSIT, HOPEWELL, HOWERTONS, JETERSVILLE, KING AND QUEEN COURT HOUSE, LITTLE PLYMOUTH, MANNBORO, MASCOT, MATTAPONI, MEADOWVILLE, MECHANICSVILLE, MIDLOTHIAN, MOSELEY, MOUNTCASTLE, NEW KENT AIRPORT, ORAPAX FARMS, PETERSBURG, QUINTON, REAMS, RICHMOND, ROXBURY, SANDSTON, SCOTTS FORK, TALLEYSVILLE, WARSAW, WAYSIDE, AND WEST POINT.
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