Severe Thunderstorm Warning for City of Chesapeake, VA; City of Norfolk, VA; City of Portsmouth, VA +1 more
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At 336 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Old Dominion University, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. This severe storm will be near... Downtown Norfolk, Downtown Portsmouth, Norfolk State University, Norfolk,...
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For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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At 336 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Old Dominion University, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. This severe storm will be near... Downtown Norfolk, Downtown Portsmouth, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Norfolk NAS, Ghent, and Norview around 340 PM EDT. Virginia Beach, Virginia Wesleyan University, and Norfolk International around 345 PM EDT. Kempsville around 400 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Greenbrier, South Norfolk, Bayside, Portlock, Wards Corner, Gallups Corner, and Willoughby Spit.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 20 at 3:37PM EDT until August 20 at 4:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 20 at 3:11PM EDT until August 20 at 4:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Wakefield VA. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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