NWS Wakefield VASV.W 0287September 2, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cumberland and Fluvanna, VA
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Cumberland and Fluvanna in Virginia, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on September 2. It was the 287th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Wakefield issued in 2026. Virginia had 118 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 34 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Virginia's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 42 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wakefield VA
- Area
- Cumberland and Fluvanna
- State
- Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:48 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ SV.W 0287
- 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... North central Cumberland County in central Virginia... Southwestern Fluvanna County in central Virginia... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 447 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fork Union, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Fork Union around 455 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Dixie, Shores, Cohasset, Carysbrook, Central Plains, and Bremo Bluff.
What the agency told people to do
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.
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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, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels