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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 11:08 PM Sep. 4, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL GREENSVILLE...SOUTHWESTERN SOUTHAMPTON AND SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF EMPORIA... At 708 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Stony Creek to 8 miles northeast of Green Plain to near Claresville, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. Locations impacted include... Emporia, Courtland, Boykins, Purdy, Sussex, Jarratt, Stony Creek, Claresville, Green Plain, Capron, Branchville, Adams Grove, Grizzard, Lanes Corner, Booker, Yale, Lumberton, Bryants Corner, Emporia Reservoir, and Worrell. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 10:53 PM Sep. 4, 2026 – National Weather Service
VA . VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE AMELIA AMHERST APPOMATTOX BEDFORD BRUNSWICK BUCKINGHAM CAMPBELL CAROLINE CHARLES CITY CHARLOTTE CHESTERFIELD CUMBERLAND DINWIDDIE ESSEX FLUVANNA FRANKLIN GLOUCESTER GOOCHLAND GREENSVILLE HALIFAX HANOVER HENRICO HENRY ISLE OF WIGHT JAMES CITY KING AND QUEEN KING WILLIAM LANCASTER LOUISA LUNENBURG MATHEWS MECKLENBURG MIDDLESEX NEW KENT NORTHUMBERLAND NOTTOWAY PATRICK PITTSYLVANIA POWHATAN PRINCE EDWARD PRINCE GEORGE RICHMOND SOUTHAMPTON SURRY SUSSEX WESTMORELAND YORK VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE CHESAPEAKE COLONIAL HEIGHTS DANVILLE EMPORIA FRANKLIN HAMPTON HOPEWELL LYNCHBURG MARTINSVILLE NEWPORT NEWS NORFOLK PETERSBURG POQUOSON PORTSMOUTH RICHMOND SUFFOLK VIRGINIA BEACH WILLIAMSBURG
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 10:47 PM Sep. 4, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Southampton County in southeastern Virginia... Central Prince George County in south central Virginia... Northeastern Sussex County in southeastern Virginia... Western Surry County in southeastern Virginia... * Until 730 PM EDT. * At 646 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Prince George to near Disputanta to near Carson, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Waverly and Homeville around 700 PM EDT. Wakefield around 715 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Vicksville, Booth Fork, Carsley, Newville, Berlin, Spring Grove, Manry, Barham, Littleton, and Dory. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA. && THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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