Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 5 at 3:56PM EDT until May 5 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 5, 2025 - 12:56pm
Expires:
May 5, 2025 - 1:45pm
Description:
SVRAKQ
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Greensville County in southeastern Virginia...
The City of Emporia in southeastern Virginia...
Southwestern Southampton County in southeastern Virginia...
Southwestern Sussex County in southeastern Virginia...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 356 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Claresville,
or near Emporia, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage
to trees and powerlines.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Emporia and Green Plain around 400 PM EDT.
Jarratt around 420 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Adams
Grove, Gray, Grizzard, Lanes Corner, Yale, Fields Crossroads, Bryants
Corner, Emporia Reservoir, Huske, and Cowie Corner.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Please report severe weather by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the
NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
Area Description:
Greensville, VA; Southampton, VA; Sussex, VA; City of Emporia, VA
Forcast Office:
NWS Wakefield VA