5/16/2023 6:04:00 PM until 5/16/2023 6:45:00 PM

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. 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 Twitter @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Mecklenburg County in south central Virginia... Southwestern Brunswick County in south central Virginia... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 603 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Boydton, or 11 miles southwest of South Hill, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Ebony around 635 PM EDT. Gasburg around 645 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Beechwood, Bracey, Keats, Bowens Corner, John H Kerr Dam, Eppes Fork, Valentines, Baskerville, Palmer Springs and Lake Gaston. TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH