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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED JULY 21 AT 3:39PM EDT
Effective: 2026-07-21 15:39:00 [EXPIRED]
Expires: 2026-07-21 16:30:00
Issued by: NWS Wakefield VA
Alert Text
AT 339 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONGA LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF MOSELEY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RICHMOND, ASHLAND, RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, TUCKAHOE, HIGHLAND SPRINGS, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH, MECHANICSVILLE, BON AIR, HANOVER, MANAKIN, MANQUIN, BEULAHVILLE, DAWN, SABOT, LAUREL, WYNDHAM, AND MANGOHICK.
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GOOCHLAND, CAROLINE, POWHATAN, WESTERN HANOVER, EASTERN HANOVER, WESTERN CHESTERFIELD, WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND), EASTERN HENRICO, WESTERN KING WILLIAM, WESTERN KING AND QUEEN, WESTERN ESSEX
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