Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCHES 527/529 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 903 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026 Severe thunderstorm watch 527, previously in effect until 10 PM EDT this evening, is now in effect until 11 PM EDT this evening for the following areas in virginia this watch includes 39 counties in central virginia chesterfield city of colonial heights city of richmond hanover henrico 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 north central virginia caroline in south central virginia city of hopewell city of petersburg 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 bacons castle, barham, barnetts, bavon, beach, bon air, booth fork, bottoms bridge, bowers hill, boykins, brays fork, browns corner, burruss corner, busch gardens, cape charles, caret, cedar fork, center cross, centerville, champlain, chesapeake airport, chester, chesterfield, chincoteague, chippokes state park, christensons corner, clancie, colonial beach, colonial heights, corbin, courtland, croaker, dawn, deep creek, dragonville, dunbrooke, dunnsville, ewell, exmore, fentress, five forks, fort lee, franklin, glen allen, gloucester point, great bridge, greenbackville, greenbrier, gressit, grove, gwaltney corner, hampton, hog island game reserve, hopewell, horntown, howertons, hunterdale, ivor, kilmarnock, king and queen court house, lancaster, lewisetta, little plymouth, mascot, mattaponi, meadowville, mechanicsville, midlothian, moseley, mount pleasant, mountcastle, new church, new kent airport, new point, new point comfort, newport news, norfolk, onancock, orapax farms, peary, petersburg, poolesville, poquoson, portsmouth, quinton, richmond, roxbury, sandston, smithfield, suffolk, talleysville, urbanna, virginia beach, wakefield, warsaw, waverly, wayside, west point, williamsburg, and yorktown.