NWS Wakefield VASV.W 0032May 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover and 3 more, VA
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover and 3 more in Virginia, which was in force until 7:30 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 32nd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Wakefield issued in 2026. Virginia had 47 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 93 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Virginia's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 38 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wakefield VA
- Area
- Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover and 3 more
- State
- Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:52 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 7:30 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ SV.W 0032
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia since 2008Every warning type in Virginia
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The notice as issued
SVRAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... The City of Richmond in central Virginia... Northeastern Chesterfield County in central Virginia... Southeastern Goochland County in central Virginia... Henrico County in central Virginia... Southeastern Hanover County in central Virginia... East central Powhatan County in central Virginia... * Until 730 PM EDT. * At 651 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Manakin, or near Tuckahoe, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Richmond, Downtown Richmond, Bon Air, Virginia Union University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Tuckahoe, University Of Richmond, Mechanicsville, Highland Springs, Chester, Bensley, Manakin, Bellwood, East Highland Park, Laurel, Lakeside, Glen Allen, Richmond Heights, Montrose, and Sandston.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Please report severe weather by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia since 2008638 a year
- Every warning type in Virginia
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels