Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 5 at 4:25PM EDT until May 5 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 5, 2025 - 1:25pm
Expires:
May 5, 2025 - 2:15pm
Description:
SVRAKQ
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Chesterfield County in central Virginia...
The City of Colonial Heights in central Virginia...
The City of Petersburg in south central Virginia...
Southwestern Prince George County in south central Virginia...
Northwestern Sussex County in southeastern Virginia...
Eastern Dinwiddie County in south central Virginia...
* Until 515 PM EDT.
* At 425 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Carson, or 10
miles east of Dinwiddie, 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...
Petersburg around 440 PM EDT.
Ettrick and Matoaca around 455 PM EDT.
Virginia State University around 505 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Petersburg Airport, Richard Bland College, Burgess, Templeton,
Addison, Reams, and Petersburg National Battlefield.
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:
Chesterfield, VA; Dinwiddie, VA; Prince George, VA; Sussex, VA; City of Colonial Heights, VA; City of Petersburg, VA
Forcast Office:
NWS Wakefield VA