Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 71 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 916 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026 Severe thunderstorm watch 71 remains valid until midnight edt tonight for the following areas in maryland this watch includes 4 counties in southeast maryland dorchester somerset wicomico worcester in north carolina this watch includes 8 counties in northeast north carolina bertie camden chowan currituck gates hertford pasquotank perquimans in virginia this watch includes 32 counties in east central virginia charles city essex king william king and queen new kent richmond westmoreland in eastern virginia lancaster mathews middlesex northampton northumberland in south central virginia city of hopewell prince george in southeast virginia accomack city of chesapeake city of franklin city of hampton city of newport news city of norfolk city of poquoson city of portsmouth city of suffolk city of virginia beach city of williamsburg gloucester isle of wight james city southampton surry sussex york this includes the cities of ahoskie, bacons castle, barham, barnetts, bavon, booth fork, bottoms bridge, bowers hill, boykins, brays fork, browns corner, busch gardens, cambridge, cape charles, cape colony, caret, center cross, centerville, champlain, chesapeake airport, chincoteague, chippokes state park, christensons corner, clancie, colonial beach, courtland, crisfield, croaker, currituck, deep creek, dragonville, dunbrooke, dunnsville, edenhouse, edenton, elizabeth city, ewell, exmore, fentress, five forks, fort lee, franklin, gatesville, gloucester point, great bridge, greenbackville, greenbrier, gressit, grove, gwaltney corner, hampton, hancock, hertford, hog island game reserve, hopewell, horntown, horseshoe, howertons, hunterdale, ivor, kilmarnock, king and queen court house, lancaster, lewisetta, lilly, little plymouth, macedonia, mascot, mattaponi, mavaton, merry hill, midway, mount pleasant, mountcastle, new church, new kent airport, new point, new point comfort, newport news, norfolk, ocean city, onancock, orapax farms, peary, poolesville, poquoson, portsmouth, princess anne, quinton, quitsna, roxbury, saint johns, salisbury, sharon, smithfield, suffolk, talleysville, urbanna, valhalla, virginia beach, wakefield, warsaw, waverly, wayside, west point, williamsburg, windsor, and yorktown.