A round of heavy weather has made its way to Hampton Roads Tuesday afternoon, prompting alerts for severe thunderstorms and flooding.
Hampton Roads is under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Flood Watch alerts have also been issued across our area — those alerts will expire on 10 p.m. on Tuesday.
Thousands of residents across Hampton Roads and the Outer Banks reported power outages as a result of the severe weather, according to Dominion Energy's outage map. Many of the outages have been resolved in Hampton Roads — but across the state line, thousands of outages remain reported in northeastern North Carolina and the Outer Banks.
In northeastern North Carolina, downed power lines were seen north of Moyock Middle School. Officials advise anyone to stay at least 30 feet away from a downed power line.
In Newport News, a contributor to the WTKR Weather Photographers page posted pictures of dark clouds looming over the downtown area.
A Tornado Warning had been issued for our area; however, it was downgraded as of 4:10 p.m.
Meteorologist Tony Nargi says storms will fade this evening, and showers/clouds will depart by 9 PM. We'll see mostly clear skies and standing floodwater should slowly start to go down this evening. Low temperatures will fall into the 60s.
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In Norfolk, a sinkhole opened up on City Hall Avenue by I-264 near the base of the exit ramp.
A woman was successfully rescued from the sinkhole after being unable to open the door of her partially-submerged SUV, according to Norfolk police. The scene remains active; officials have advised drivers to avoid the area and use either the Brambleton or Waterside exits.
Watch: Sinkhole opens on road in downtown Norfolk amid severe weather
Tomorrow will be much calmer than Tuesday, with mostly sunny skies expected and no chance of storms, according to Meteorologist Tony Nargi. We'll see high temperatures in the low to mid 80s with winds out of the NE at 5-10 mph. It will be noticeably less humid than Tuesday. Overnight will be mostly clear with lows in the 60s once again.
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