Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 4:16PM EDT until March 16 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 16, 2026 - 1:16pm
Expires:
March 16, 2026 - 2:00pm
Description:
SVRAKQ
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Gloucester County in eastern Virginia...
Southeastern Middlesex County in eastern Virginia...
Northern Mathews County in eastern Virginia...
Southeastern Lancaster County in eastern Virginia...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 415 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Hartfield to near Gloucester Courthouse to near
Wicomico, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Gloucester Courthouse, Hartfield, and Hayes around 420 PM EDT.
White Stone around 425 PM EDT.
Kilmarnock and Blakes around 430 PM EDT.
Deltaville around 435 PM EDT.
Gwynn around 440 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Beulah, Harmony Village, Grafton, Harcum, Cash, Amburg, Christ
Church, Greys Point, Fort Nonsense, and Clay Bank.
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 eastern
Virginia.
Area Description:
Gloucester, VA; Lancaster, VA; Mathews, VA; Middlesex, VA
Forcast Office:
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov