Virginia Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 08/10/2026 15:39

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 10 at 6:39PM EDT until August 10 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
August 10, 2026 - 3:39pm
Expires: 
August 10, 2026 - 4:15pm
Description: 
SVRAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... The City of Hampton in southeastern Virginia... The southern City of Newport News in southeastern Virginia... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 638 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rescue, or near Smithfield, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Newport News, Hampton, Hampton University, Christopher Newport University, Northampton, Beaconsdale, Fort Monroe, Hilton Village, Raleigh Terrace, and Phoebus.
Instruction: 
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 Hampton, VA; City of Newport News, VA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov