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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 9:24 PM Aug. 10, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North central Chesterfield County in central Virginia... Northwestern King and Queen County in east central Virginia... Southeastern Goochland County in central Virginia... Northwestern Westmoreland County in east central Virginia... Caroline County in north central Virginia... Northwestern Henrico County in central Virginia... Northwestern King William County in east central Virginia... Northwestern Hanover County in central Virginia... Northeastern Powhatan County in central Virginia... Northwestern Essex County in east central Virginia... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 524 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Spotsylvania, or 13 miles southwest of Fredericksburg, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Bowling Green around 540 PM EDT. Milford around 545 PM EDT. Fort Walker around 550 PM EDT. Loretto around 605 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Chilesburg, Gum Tree, Fine Creek Mills, Nancy Wrights Corner, Ruther Glen, Duane Fork, Sparta, Villboro, Rollins Fork, and Oak Grove. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 8:25 PM Aug. 10, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 558 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND DORCHESTER SOMERSET WICOMICO WORCESTER IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 33 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA AMELIA CHESTERFIELD CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS CITY OF RICHMOND CUMBERLAND FLUVANNA GOOCHLAND HANOVER HENRICO LOUISA POWHATAN PRINCE EDWARD IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA CHARLES CITY ESSEX KING WILLIAM KING AND QUEEN NEW KENT RICHMOND WESTMORELAND IN EASTERN VIRGINIA LANCASTER MATHEWS MIDDLESEX NORTHUMBERLAND IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA CAROLINE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA CITY OF HOPEWELL CITY OF PETERSBURG DINWIDDIE NOTTOWAY PRINCE GEORGE IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA ACCOMACK CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG GLOUCESTER JAMES CITY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMELIA COURTHOUSE, ANGOLA, BARNETTS, BAVON, BEACH, BON AIR, BOTTOMS BRIDGE, BRAYS FORK, BROWNS CORNER, BURRUSS CORNER, BUSCH GARDENS, CAMBRIDGE, CARET, CEDAR FORK, CENTER CROSS, CENTERVILLE, CHAMPLAIN, CHESTER, CHESTERFIELD, CHINCOTEAGUE, CHRISTENSONS CORNER, CHULA, CLANCIE, COLONIAL BEACH, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, CORBIN, CREWE, CRISFIELD, CROAKER, DAWN, DENARO, DRAGONVILLE, DUNBROOKE, DUNNSVILLE, EARLS, EWELL, FARMVILLE, FIVE FORKS, FORT LEE, GLEN ALLEN, GLOUCESTER POINT, GOOCHLAND, GREENBACKVILLE, GRESSIT, GROVE, GUINEA MILLS, HAWK, HOPEWELL, HORNTOWN, HOWERTONS, JETERSVILLE, KILMARNOCK, KING AND QUEEN COURT HOUSE, LAKE MONTICELLO, LANCASTER, LEWISETTA, LITTLE PLYMOUTH, LOUISA, MANNBORO, MASCOT, MATTAPONI, MEADOWVILLE, MECHANICSVILLE, MIDLOTHIAN, MINERAL, MOSELEY, MOUNTCASTLE, NEW CHURCH, NEW KENT AIRPORT, NEW POINT, NEW POINT COMFORT, OCEAN CITY, ONANCOCK, ORAPAX FARMS, PEARY, PETERSBURG, POWHATAN, PRINCESS ANNE, QUINTON, RAINES TAVERN, REAMS, REEDS, RICHMOND, ROXBURY, SALISBURY, SANDSTON, SCOTTS FORK, STODDERT, TALLEYSVILLE, URBANNA, WARSAW, WAYSIDE, WEST POINT, AND WILLIAMSBURG.
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