Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 3:35PM EDT until March 16 at 4:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 16, 2026 - 12:35pm
Expires:
March 16, 2026 - 1:15pm
Description:
SVRAKQ
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
The City of Norfolk in southeastern Virginia...
The northwestern City of Chesapeake in southeastern Virginia...
The City of Portsmouth in southeastern Virginia...
The northwestern City of Virginia Beach in southeastern Virginia...
* Until 415 PM EDT.
* At 335 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Deep Creek,
moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Virginia Beach, Regent University, Downtown Norfolk, Downtown
Portsmouth, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Chesapeake,
Portsmouth, Ghent, and Cradock around 340 PM EDT.
Kempsville, Virginia Wesleyan University, Norview, and Norfolk
International around 345 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Greenbrier, South Norfolk, Bayside, Portlock, Wards Corner, Princess
Anne Plaza, Herberts Corner, North Virginia Beach, Gallups Corner,
and Willoughby Spit.
Instruction:
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.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for southeastern
Virginia.
Area Description:
City of Chesapeake, VA; City of Norfolk, VA; City of Portsmouth, VA; City of Virginia Beach, VA
Forcast Office:
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov