Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 28 at 8:55PM EDT until July 28 at 9:45PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 28, 2026 - 5:55pm
Expires:
July 28, 2026 - 6:45pm
Description:
SVRAKQ
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
The City of Norfolk in southeastern Virginia...
The northeastern City of Chesapeake in southeastern Virginia...
The northeastern City of Portsmouth in southeastern Virginia...
The northwestern City of Virginia Beach in southeastern Virginia...
The City of Hampton in southeastern Virginia...
The southern City of Newport News in southeastern Virginia...
* Until 945 PM EDT.
* At 854 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hampton
University, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Old Dominion University, Ocean View, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Norfolk
NAS, and Fort Monroe around 900 PM EDT.
Virginia Beach, Norview, and Norfolk International around 905 PM
EDT.
Virginia Wesleyan University around 910 PM EDT.
Kempsville around 915 PM EDT.
Princess Anne around 935 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Phoebus,
Langley View, Princess Anne Plaza, Oceana NAS, Raleigh Terrace,
Greenbrier, Bayside, Oceana, Wards Corner, and North Virginia Beach.
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.
Area Description:
City of Chesapeake, VA; City of Hampton, VA; City of Newport News, 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