{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.cb47b98572f9e735448561b6179f42ae450a4853.003.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 4 at 5:09PM EDT until July 4 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-04","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.cb47b98572f9e735448561b6179f42ae450a4853.003.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Wakefield VA"},"word_count":416,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 4 at 5:09PM EDT until July 4 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Amelia, VA; Brunswick, VA; Caroline, VA; Charles City, VA; Chesterfield, VA; Cumberland, VA; Dinwiddie, VA; Essex, VA; Fluvanna, VA; Gloucester, VA; Goochland, VA; Greensville, VA; Hanover, VA; Henrico, VA; James City, VA; King and Queen, VA; King William, VA; Lancaster, VA; Louisa, VA; Lunenburg, VA; Mathews, VA; Mecklenburg, VA; Middlesex, VA; New Kent, VA; Northumberland, VA; Nottoway, VA; Powhatan, VA; Prince Edward, VA; Prince George, VA; Richmond, VA; Surry, VA; Sussex, VA; Westmoreland, VA; York, VA; City of Colonial Heights, VA; City of Emporia, VA; City of Hopewell, VA; City of Petersburg, VA; City of Poquoson, VA; City of Richmond, VA; City of Williamsburg, VA\n**Issued by:** NWS Wakefield VA\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T17:09:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T17:09:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T22:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nSEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 457 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS\nEVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS\n\nIN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 41 COUNTIES\n\nIN CENTRAL VIRGINIA\n\nAMELIA                CHESTERFIELD\nCITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS                    CITY OF RICHMOND\nCUMBERLAND            FLUVANNA              GOOCHLAND\nHANOVER               HENRICO               LOUISA\nPOWHATAN              PRINCE EDWARD\n\nIN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA\n\nCHARLES CITY          ESSEX                 KING WILLIAM\nKING AND QUEEN        NEW KENT              RICHMOND\nWESTMORELAND\n\nIN EASTERN VIRGINIA\n\nLANCASTER             MATHEWS               MIDDLESEX\nNORTHUMBERLAND\n\nIN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA\n\nCAROLINE\n\nIN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA\n\nBRUNSWICK             CITY OF HOPEWELL      CITY OF PETERSBURG\nDINWIDDIE             LUNENBURG             MECKLENBURG\nNOTTOWAY              PRINCE GEORGE\n\nIN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA\n\nCITY OF EMPORIA       CITY OF POQUOSON      CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG\nGLOUCESTER            GREENSVILLE           JAMES CITY\nSURRY                 SUSSEX                YORK\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMELIA COURTHOUSE, ANGOLA, ANTE,\nBACONS CASTLE, BARHAM, BARNETTS, BAVON, BEACH, BON AIR,\nBOOTH FORK, BOTTOMS BRIDGE, BRAYS FORK, BROWNS CORNER, BRUNSWICK,\nBUFFORD CROSSROADS, BURRUSS CORNER, BUSCH GARDENS, CARET,\nCEDAR FORK, CENTER CROSS, CENTERVILLE, CHAMPLAIN, CHASE CITY,\nCHESTER, CHESTERFIELD, CHIPPOKES STATE PARK, CHRISTENSONS CORNER,\nCHULA, CLANCIE, CLARESVILLE, CLARKSVILLE, COLONIAL BEACH,\nCOLONIAL HEIGHTS, CORBIN, COWIE CORNER, CREWE, CROAKER, DAWN,\nDENARO, DRAGONVILLE, DUNBROOKE, DUNNSVILLE, DURAND, EARLS,\nEDGERTON, EMPORIA, EMPORIA AIRPORT, EMPORIA RESERVOIR, EWELL,\nFARMVILLE, FIVE FORKS, FORT LEE, GLEN ALLEN, GLOUCESTER POINT,\nGOOCHLAND, GREEN PLAIN, GRESSIT, GROVE, GUINEA MILLS,\nGWALTNEY CORNER, HAWK, HOG ISLAND GAME RESERVE, HOPEWELL,\nHOWERTONS, JETERSVILLE, KENBRIDGE, KILMARNOCK,\nKING AND QUEEN COURT HOUSE, LAKE MONTICELLO, LANCASTER,\nLAWRENCEVILLE, LEWISETTA, LITTLE PLYMOUTH, LOUISA, MANNBORO,\nMASCOT, MATTAPONI, MEADOWVILLE, MECHANICSVILLE, MIDLOTHIAN,\nMINERAL, MOSELEY, MOUNTCASTLE, NEW KENT AIRPORT, NEW POINT,\nNEW POINT COMFORT, ORAPAX FARMS, PEARY, PETERSBURG, POOLESVILLE,\nPOQUOSON, POWHATAN, QUINTON, RAINES TAVERN, REAMS, REEDS,\nRICHMOND, ROXBURY, SANDSTON, SCOTTS FORK, SOUTH HILL, STODDERT,\nTALLEYSVILLE, TRIPLET, URBANNA, VALENTINES, VICTORIA, WAKEFIELD,\nWARSAW, WAVERLY, WAYSIDE, WEST POINT, WHITE PLAINS, WILLIAMSBURG,\nAND YORKTOWN."}