Event: Special Weather Statement
Sender Name: NWS Wakefield VA
Issued: 2015-06-27T17:09:39-04:00
Expires: 2015-06-27T17:45:00-04:00
Description: AT 507 PM EDT…A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CALLAO…MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR…
LEWISETTA AROUND 515 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE LARA…NUTTSVILLE…
LYELLS…GIBEON…THREEWAY…NAYLORS BEACH…ALFONSO…LOTTSBURG…
OPHEILA AND SANDY POINT.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE WIND GUSTS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS…SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES…AND
BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS…POTTED PLANTS…LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER
LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM…AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. IF THE ROAD AHEAD OF YOU IS FLOODED…TURN
AROUND. DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADS IS DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY
LIFE THREATENING.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU HEAR
THUNDER…SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Essex; Richmond; Lancaster; Middlesex; King and Queen; Westmoreland; Northumberland

Message Identifier: NWS-141029-906393
CAP MessageType: Alert