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