Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 5 at 4:41PM EDT until May 5 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 5, 2025 - 1:41pm
Expires:
May 5, 2025 - 2:30pm
Description:
SVRAKQ
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
The City of Richmond in central Virginia...
North central Chesterfield County in central Virginia...
Northwestern Henrico County in central Virginia...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 441 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chesterfield
Court House, or near Bon Air, 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...
Richmond and Bon Air around 445 PM EDT.
University Of Richmond and Downtown Richmond around 455 PM EDT.
Tuckahoe around 500 PM EDT.
Virginia Commonwealth University and Lakeside around 505 PM EDT.
Virginia Union University and Laurel around 510 PM EDT.
Glen Allen around 515 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Solomons
Store, Chamberlayne, Greendale, Roslyn Hills, Dumbarton, Short Pump,
Drewrys Bluff, Midlothian, and Montrose.
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; Henrico, VA; City of Richmond, VA
Forcast Office:
NWS Wakefield VA