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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Status

New Event Expired

Start Time

Fri 07/18/2025 07:49 PM EDT

End Time

Fri 07/18/2025 08:30 PM EDT

Significance

Warning

Storm Location

3 mi ESE of Chester, VA

Storm Motion

Moving E at 23 mph

Impacts

High impact

Hail threatradar indicated
Max hail size<.75 in
Wind threatradar indicated
Max wind gust60 mph

Locations Affected

Bellwood, VA ∙ Chickahominy State Designated Tribal Statistical Area, VA ∙ Chester, VA ∙ Presquile National Wildlife Refuge, VA ∙ Bensley, VA ∙ Enon, VA ∙ Meadowbrook, VA ∙ Richmond National Battlefield Park, VA

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wakefield VA 749 PM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Chesterfield County in central Virginia... Northwestern Charles City County in east central Virginia... North central Prince George County in south central Virginia... Southeastern Henrico County in central Virginia... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 749 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Chester, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Hopewell, Chester, Bensley, Bellwood, Jordans Point, Meadowville, Wayside, Varina, Barnetts, Drewrys Bluff, Centralia, and Glendale. 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 3745 7749 3745 7742 3746 7712 3745 7710 3729 7715 3731 7727 3732 7727 3731 7728 3734 7745 TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 267DEG 20KT 3733 7741 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH