AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. The North Carolina Division of Air Quality has issued a Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert across NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. for Fine Particulates.. until midnight EDT tonight. Air quality is expected to reach code orange. which is unhealthy for sensitive groups. and means individuals with respiratory and/or heart ailments. older adults. and children should reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion. An Air Quality Alert means that Fine Particulates concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional information. please visit the North Carolina Division of Air Quality Web Site at http://daq.state.nc.us

A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of the southeastern City of Virginia Beach through 230 PM EDT. At 139 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Back Bay, or 8 miles southeast of Virginia Beach, moving east at 5 mph. HAZARD. Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of the southeastern City of Virginia Beach, including the following locations. Munden and Sandbridge Beach. MAX HAIL SIZE. 0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST. 30 MPH

Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Gloucester, southwestern Middlesex, southeastern King and Queen, east central Charles City, eastern New Kent, southeastern King William and northwestern James City Counties through 200 PM EDT. At 120 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Little Plymouth to New Kent. Movement was southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD. Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Strong thunderstorms will be near. West Point and Little Plymouth around 125 PM EDT. Shacklefords around 135 PM EDT. Barhamsville and Saluda around 150 PM EDT. Glenns around 155 PM EDT. Toano and Norge around 200 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these storms include Holly Forks, Eltham, Chickahominy Shore, York River State Park, Croaker, Cash, Cohoke, Gressit, Lanexa and Mattaponi. MAX HAIL SIZE. 0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST. 45 MPH

AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Code RED Air Quality Alert across THE HAMPTON ROADS AREA. for Fine Particulates.. until midnight EDT tonight. Air quality is expected to reach code red. which is unhealthy. and means everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion. Those with respiratory and/or heart ailments may experience more serious health effects. An Air Quality Alert means that Fine Particulates concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional information. please visit the Virginia D E Q Air Quality Web Site at http://www.deq.virginia.gov/AQforecast

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Special Marine Warning for. Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to New Point Comfort VA. Rappahannock River. * Until 200 PM EDT. * At 101 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Tangier Sound to near Urbanna Inlet, moving east at 20 knots. HAZARD. Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and large hail. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. Large hail could result in structural damage. * Locations impacted include. Windmill Point, Lower Bernard Island, Nandua Pungoteague Reef, Crisfield, Irvington, Urbanna Inlet, Tangier Island, Anglers Reef, Smith Point, Watts Island, Longs Creek Inlet, San Marcos Wreck and Northern Neck Reef. HAIL. >.75IN WIND. >34KTS