Western Tidewater under severe thunderstorm watch
Published 7:39 pm Friday, May 16, 2025
- (Courtesy of National Weather Service)
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The National Weather Service (NWS) reported shortly before 7 p.m. on Friday, May 16, that severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Smithfield to near Suffolk to near Boykins, moving east at 50 mph.
A transformer is reportedly down in Sedley. (Photo by Mitzi Lusk)
The city of Franklin, Southampton County and Isle of Wight County are under a severe thunderstorm watch until 11 p.m. this evening.
In a Hazardous Weather Outlook that applies to multiple regions, including southeast Virginia, NWS reported that scattered “strong-to-severe storms are possible this afternoon into tonight. Damaging winds are the primary threat, but large hail and a tornado or two are also possible. … Additional strong-to-severe storms are possible Saturday afternoon and evening, but confidence is low.”
