THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA... CENTRAL CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA... BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTHEASTERN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTHWESTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA... THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA... UNTIL 6:15 PM EDT.
AT 5:11 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CLIFFORD TO COLEMAN FALLS TO BUCHANAN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LYNCHBURG... BEDFORD... AMHERST... APPOMATTOX... AND BUCHANAN. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, THE NATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL, AND LYNCHBURG AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FOR YOUR SAFETY, MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO, PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY SIZE, AS WELL AS REPORTS OF ANY WIND DAMAGE, INCLUDING DOWNED TREES OR LARGE LIMBS, TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1 (866) 215-4324.
REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.
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