Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2025
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2025, 10:32 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2025, 10:32 PM EDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2025, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Caroline County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland | 46 min |
| May 8, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| May 8, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Goochland | 46 min |
| May 8, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 46 min |
| May 8, 10:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Henrico | 2 hr |
| May 8, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Westmoreland | 46 min |
| May 8, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | King and Queen, King William | 43 min |
| May 9, 1:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 44 min |
| May 9, 2:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 85 min | |
| May 9, 2:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 23 min |
| May 9, 3:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 48 min | |
| May 9, 3:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 49 min |
| May 9, 3:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 43 min | |
| May 9, 4:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 78 min | |
| May 9, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Powhatan | 40 min |
| May 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 48 min |
| May 9, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 30 min |
| May 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 60 min | |
| May 9, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell | 47 min |
| May 9, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan | 49 min |
| May 9, 12:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Somerset | 40 min |
| May 9, 1:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2025Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.