Severe Thunderstorm Warning 05/30/2025 15:56 for Virginia areas

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 30 at 6:56PM EDT until May 30 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 30, 2025 - 3:56pm
Expires: 
May 30, 2025 - 4:45pm
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 Hopewell in south central Virginia... The City of Petersburg in south central Virginia... Western Charles City County in east central Virginia... Northern Prince George County in south central Virginia... Northeastern Dinwiddie County in south central Virginia... * Until 745 PM EDT. * At 656 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sutherland, or 9 miles north of Dinwiddie, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Matoaca and Sutherland around 700 PM EDT. Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Virginia State University, and Ettrick around 705 PM EDT. Chester and Fort Gregg-Adams around 710 PM EDT. Hopewell around 715 PM EDT. Jordans Point around 720 PM EDT. Charles City around 730 PM EDT. Ruthville and Adkins Store around 735 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Church Road, Wayside, Birchett Estate, Addison, Barnetts, Jordan Point Country Club, Roaches Corner, New Hope, 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. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for central, south central and east central Virginia.
Area Description: 
Charles City, VA; Chesterfield, VA; Dinwiddie, VA; Prince George, VA; City of Colonial Heights, VA; City of Hopewell, VA; City of Petersburg, VA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wakefield VA