Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 3:38PM EDT until July 4 at 4:00PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 4, 2026 - 12:38pm
Expires:
July 4, 2026 - 1:00pm
Description:
At 338 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ashland, moving
northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
This severe storm will be near...
Ashland and Randolph Macon College around 345 PM EDT.
Hanover around 350 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Calno,
Atlee, Ashcake, Hanover Airport, Gum Tree, Doswell, Elmont, Etna
Mills, and Enfield.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Caroline, VA; Hanover, VA; King William, VA
Forcast Office:
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender: