Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Isle of Wight, VA; Southampton, VA; Surry, VA +5 more

Official alert brief

SVRAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Isle of Wight County in southeastern Virginia... Northeastern Southampton County in southeastern Virginia... The northeastern City of Suffolk in southeastern Virginia... Southeastern York County in southeastern Virginia... The City of Hampton in southeastern Virginia... The southern City of Newport News in southeastern Virginia... East central Sussex County in southeastern Virginia... Central Surry County in southeastern Virginia... * Until 1030 PM EDT. * At 946 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Dendron to near Ivor to near Sedley, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Ivor, Dendron, Zuni, and Elberon around 950 PM EDT. Windsor and Isle Of Wight around 1000 PM EDT. Smithfield and Suffolk around 1005 PM EDT. Newport News, Rescue, and Kings Fork around 1015 PM EDT. Christopher Newport University, Beaconsdale, Driver, and Crittenden around 1020 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Vicksville, Rushmere, Booth Fork, Carsley, Pons, Carrollton, Longview, Benns Church, Huntersville, and Bethel Church.

Instructions

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.