Severe Thunderstorm Watch Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia | Effective 03/16/2026 19:13

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 16 at 10:13PM EDT until March 17 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
March 16, 2026 - 7:13pm
Expires: 
March 16, 2026 - 9:00pm
Description: 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 71 REMAINS VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND DORCHESTER SOMERSET WICOMICO WORCESTER IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA CAMDEN CHOWAN CURRITUCK GATES PASQUOTANK PERQUIMANS IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN EASTERN VIRGINIA LANCASTER MATHEWS MIDDLESEX NORTHAMPTON NORTHUMBERLAND IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA ACCOMACK CITY OF CHESAPEAKE CITY OF HAMPTON CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS CITY OF NORFOLK CITY OF POQUOSON CITY OF PORTSMOUTH CITY OF SUFFOLK CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG GLOUCESTER ISLE OF WIGHT JAMES CITY YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BAVON, BOWERS HILL, BUSCH GARDENS, CAMBRIDGE, CAPE CHARLES, CAPE COLONY, CENTERVILLE, CHESAPEAKE AIRPORT, CHINCOTEAGUE, CHRISTENSONS CORNER, CRISFIELD, CROAKER, CURRITUCK, DEEP CREEK, EDENTON, ELIZABETH CITY, EWELL, EXMORE, FENTRESS, FIVE FORKS, GATESVILLE, GLOUCESTER POINT, GREAT BRIDGE, GREENBACKVILLE, GREENBRIER, GROVE, HAMPTON, HANCOCK, HERTFORD, HORNTOWN, HORSESHOE, KILMARNOCK, LANCASTER, LEWISETTA, LILLY, MACEDONIA, MAVATON, MOUNT PLEASANT, NEW CHURCH, NEW POINT, NEW POINT COMFORT, NEWPORT NEWS, NORFOLK, OCEAN CITY, ONANCOCK, PEARY, POQUOSON, PORTSMOUTH, PRINCESS ANNE, SAINT JOHNS, SALISBURY, SHARON, SMITHFIELD, SUFFOLK, URBANNA, VALHALLA, VIRGINIA BEACH, WILLIAMSBURG, AND YORKTOWN.
Area Description: 
Dorchester, MD; Somerset, MD; Wicomico, MD; Worcester, MD; Camden, NC; Chowan, NC; Currituck, NC; Gates, NC; Pasquotank, NC; Perquimans, NC; Accomack, VA; Gloucester, VA; Isle of Wight, VA; James City, VA; Lancaster, VA; Mathews, VA; Middlesex, VA; Northampton, VA; Northumberland, VA; York, VA; City of Chesapeake, VA; City of Hampton, VA; City of Newport News, VA; City of Norfolk, VA; City of Poquoson, VA; City of Portsmouth, VA; City of Suffolk, VA; City of Virginia Beach, VA; City of Williamsburg, VA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov