Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2026, 5:50 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 40 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2026, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, Henrico County, VA, Prince George County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 5:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 51 | Richmond International, VA | RIC gusted to 51MPH. |
| Sep 4, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Sandston, VA | Multiple trees reported down in eastern Henrico. |
| Sep 4, 6:03 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Varina, VA | Picture of a tree that fell and damaged a porch rail and snapped a porch column. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
522
WUUS51 KAKQ 042150
SVRAKQ
VAC036-041-087-149-670-042230-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0310.260904T2150Z-260904T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
550 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Chesterfield County in central Virginia...
The City of Hopewell in south central Virginia...
Western Charles City County in east central Virginia...
Northern Prince George County in south central Virginia...
Southeastern Henrico County in central Virginia...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 550 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Highland
Springs, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage
to trees and powerlines.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Hopewell around 610 PM EDT.
Jordans Point around 615 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Wayside,
Richmond Heights, Birchett Estate, Elko, Jordan Point Country Club,
Sandston, Glendale, Richmond International, Fair Oaks, and
Meadowville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3755 7727 3755 7726 3754 7725 3754 7723
3726 7701 3719 7732 3749 7742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 331DEG 25KT 3750 7736
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Zimmerman1 follow-up statement
625
WWUS51 KAKQ 042212
SVSAKQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
612 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026
VAC036-041-087-149-670-042230-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-260904T2230Z/
Chesterfield VA-City of Hopewell VA-Charles City VA-Prince George VA-
Henrico VA-
612 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD...WESTERN CHARLES CITY...NORTHERN
PRINCE GEORGE AND SOUTHEASTERN HENRICO COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF
HOPEWELL...
At 612 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Jordans Point,
or 7 miles north of Hopewell, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
This severe storm will be near...
Jordans Point around 620 PM EDT.
Garysville around 630 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Wayside,
Richmond Heights, Birchett Estate, Elko, Jordan Point Country Club,
Sandston, Glendale, Richmond International, Fair Oaks, and
Meadowville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3755 7727 3755 7726 3754 7725 3754 7723
3726 7701 3719 7732 3749 7742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 320DEG 23KT 3739 7725
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
ZimmermanThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 12:38 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 97 min | |
| Sep 4, 12:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 62 min |
| Sep 4, 1:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 20 min |
| Sep 4, 1:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 2:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 65 min | |
| Sep 4, 2:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 49 min | |
| Sep 4, 2:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 27 min |
| Sep 4, 2:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 2:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 26 min |
| Sep 4, 3:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 45 min | |
| Sep 4, 3:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 84 min | |
| Sep 4, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 40 min | |
| Sep 4, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 58 min | |
| Sep 4, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 52 min |
| Sep 4, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, Louisa | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 29 min |
| Sep 4, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia | 47 min |
| Sep 4, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 39 min |
| Sep 4, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 49 min |
| Sep 4, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Powhatan | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 38 min |
| Sep 4, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa and 1 more | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Dinwiddie | 27 min |
| Sep 4, 6:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 2 more | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more | 51 min |
| Sep 4, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Middlesex | 52 min |
| Sep 4, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 51 min |
| Sep 4, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin | 19 min |
| Sep 4, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 37 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.