Virginia Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 06/22/2026 18:26

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 22 at 9:26PM EDT until June 22 at 10:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
June 22, 2026 - 6:26pm
Expires: 
June 22, 2026 - 7:15pm
Description: 
SVRAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... The City of Poquoson in southeastern Virginia... Southern Gloucester County in eastern Virginia... York County in southeastern Virginia... Southern Mathews County in eastern Virginia... The City of Hampton in southeastern Virginia... The northern City of Newport News in southeastern Virginia... Eastern James City County in southeastern Virginia... The City of Williamsburg in southeastern Virginia... * Until 1015 PM EDT. * At 926 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Grove, or near Queens Lake, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Newport News, Virginia Institute For Marine Sciences, Gloucester Point, Lee Hall, and Wicomico around 930 PM EDT. Achilles around 935 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Lackey, Ruff, Beulah, Laban, Camp Peary, Glass, Naxera, Oriana, Newport News Golf Course, and Oyster Point.
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: 
Gloucester, VA; James City, VA; Mathews, VA; York, VA; City of Hampton, VA; City of Newport News, VA; City of Poquoson, VA; City of Williamsburg, VA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov