North Carolina, Virginia Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 09/04/2026 17:18

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 4 at 8:18PM EDT until September 4 at 8:45PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
September 4, 2026 - 5:18pm
Expires: 
September 4, 2026 - 5:45pm
Description: 
At 817 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Driver to near Suffolk to near Gatesville, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. These severe storms will be near... Sunbury, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Bowers Hill, and Corapeake around 825 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Eure, Easons Crossroads, Lummis, Savage, Acorn Hill, Topsy, Suffolk Airport, Drum Hill, Hazelton, and Buckland.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Gates, NC; City of Chesapeake, VA; City of Suffolk, VA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov