Alert: Special Weather Statement issued April 28 at 10:30PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA

Event: Special Weather Statement
Sender Name: NWS Wakefield VA
Issued: 2016-04-28T22:30:54-04:00
Expires: 2016-04-28T23:15:00-04:00
Description: SOUTHEASTERN NEW KENT…SOUTHEASTERN HENRICO…EAST CENTRAL
NOTTOWAY…SOUTHEASTERN AMELIA…PRINCE GEORGE…SOUTHEASTERN
CHESTERFIELD…CHARLES CITY…NORTHERN SUSSEX…DINWIDDIE…
SOUTHWESTERN JAMES CITY AND NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTIES…THE CITY OF
WILLIAMSBURG…THE CITY OF RICHMOND…THE CITY OF PETERSBURG…THE
CITY OF HOPEWELL AND THE CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS…

AT 1030 PM EDT…RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HOPEWELL TO NEAR WILSONS. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
PETERSBURG…DINWIDDIE…HOPEWELL…COLONIAL HEIGHTS…WILLIAMSBURG…
CHARLES CITY…WAVERLY…CLAREMONT…COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY…
DISPUTANTA…VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY…CHESTER…QUEENS LAKE…FORT
LEE…PRINCE GEORGE…STONY CREEK…WILSONS…CARSON…GARYSVILLE AND
RUTHVILLE.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY…SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Chesterfield; City of Williamsburg; City of Hopewell; Henrico; Charles City; Dinwiddie; Amelia; City of Colonial Heights; Nottoway; Sussex; Prince George; James City; Surry; York; City of Petersburg

Message Identifier: NWS-141029-1268775
CAP MessageType: Alert