Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
Issued by NWS Wakefield, VA
908 WWUS51 KAKQ 181852 SVSAKQ Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wakefield VA 252 PM EDT Thu Jul 18 2024 VAC025-053-081-183-595-181915- /O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0136.000000T0000Z-240718T1915Z/ Greensville VA-City of Emporia VA-Sussex VA-Dinwiddie VA- Brunswick VA- 252 PM EDT Thu Jul 18 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL GREENSVILLE...WESTERN SUSSEX...SOUTH CENTRAL DINWIDDIE AND EAST CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF EMPORIA... At 251 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Radium, or near Purdy, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. This severe storm will be near... Purdy around 300 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Callaville, Bufford Crossroads, Edgerton, Dolphin, Pleasant Shade, Fields Crossroads, Durand, Emporia Reservoir, Slagles Lake, and Emporia Airport. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3694 7755 3668 7748 3667 7750 3667 7786 3674 7794 3687 7779 TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 251DEG 16KT 3678 7769 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ MRD