Virginia Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 09/02/2026 14:30

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 2 at 5:30PM EDT until September 2 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
September 2, 2026 - 2:30pm
Expires: 
September 2, 2026 - 3:15pm
Description: 
SVRAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Cumberland County in central Virginia... West central Goochland County in central Virginia... Northwestern Powhatan County in central Virginia... Southern Fluvanna County in central Virginia... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 530 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Palmyra, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Palmyra around 535 PM EDT. Fork Union around 540 PM EDT. Columbia around 545 PM EDT. Duncan around 555 PM EDT. Lakeside Village around 600 PM EDT. Cartersville around 605 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Dixie, Trents Mill, Stage Junction, Shores, Central Plains, Bremo Bluff, Tamworth, Wildwood, Elk Hill, and Cohasset.
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: 
Cumberland, VA; Fluvanna, VA; Goochland, VA; Powhatan, VA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov