Weather Alert Watch
Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Isle of Wight, VA; Southampton, VA; Surry, VA +4 more

At 1006 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Fort Eustis to near Isle Of Wight to near Windsor, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to...

VAIsle of Wight, VA; Southampton, VA; Surry, VA; York, VA; City of Hampton, VA; City of Newport News, VA; City of Suffolk, VA

Official alert brief

At 1006 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Fort Eustis to near Isle Of Wight to near Windsor, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. These severe storms will be near... Newport News, Smithfield, Suffolk, Rescue, and Kings Fork around 1010 PM EDT. Christopher Newport University, Beaconsdale, Driver, and Crittenden around 1015 PM EDT. Hampton and Northampton around 1020 PM EDT. Langley AFB around 1025 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Rushmere, Pons, Carrollton, Longview, Benns Church, Huntersville, Bethel Church, Hilton Village, Chuckatuck, and Wilroy.

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.