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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 12:57 AM May. 28, 2026 – National Weather Service
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 247, PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING, IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA PRINCE EDWARD IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA BRUNSWICK DINWIDDIE LUNENBURG MECKLENBURG NOTTOWAY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA CITY OF EMPORIA GREENSVILLE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANTE, BRUNSWICK, BUFFORD CROSSROADS, CHASE CITY, CLARESVILLE, CLARKSVILLE, COWIE CORNER, CREWE, DURAND, EDGERTON, EMPORIA, EMPORIA AIRPORT, EMPORIA RESERVOIR, FARMVILLE, GREEN PLAIN, KENBRIDGE, LAWRENCEVILLE, REAMS, SOUTH HILL, TRIPLET, VALENTINES, VICTORIA, AND WHITE PLAINS.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 12:51 AM May. 28, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Prince Edward County in central Virginia... Northern Lunenburg County in south central Virginia... Nottoway County in south central Virginia... Southwestern Dinwiddie County in south central Virginia... Northwestern Brunswick County in south central Virginia... * Until 930 PM EDT. * At 850 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Green Bay, or 7 miles west of Crewe, moving east at 45 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... Burkeville around 855 PM EDT. Nottoway around 900 PM EDT. Blackstone around 905 PM EDT. Fort Barfoot around 910 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Cochran, North Wellville, Irby, Prince Edward Station, Murdocks, Twin Lakes State Park, Forkland, Nutbush, Darvills, and The Falls. 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. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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