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WWUS51 KAKQ 120426
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
Issued by National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1226 AM EDT Fri Apr 12 2024

VAC049-111-135-120435-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-240412T0445Z/
Cumberland VA-Lunenburg VA-Nottoway VA-
1226 AM EDT Fri Apr 12 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CUMBERLAND...EASTERN
LUNENBURG AND NOTTOWAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area, therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for central and
south central Virginia.

LAT...LON 3763 7795 3769 7791 3761 7782 3756 7765
      3758 7762 3762 7765 3770 7763 3768 7756
      3770 7752 3696 7745 3688 7765 3690 7765
      3684 7766 3680 7778 3715 7787 3719 7780
      3722 7789 3745 7795 3750 7793 3762 7798
TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 270DEG 39KT 3810 7765 3791 7752 3749 7754 3710
7744

$$

VAC007-025-041-053-087-145-760-120445-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-240412T0445Z/
City of Richmond VA-Chesterfield VA-Henrico VA-Dinwiddie VA-
Amelia VA-Powhatan VA-Brunswick VA-
1226 AM EDT Fri Apr 12 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR CHESTERFIELD...NORTHWESTERN HENRICO...DINWIDDIE...EASTERN
AMELIA...CENTRAL POWHATAN AND NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES AND THE
WESTERN CITY OF RICHMOND...

At 1225 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles southwest of Spotsylvania to 7 miles northwest
of Kings Dominion to near Bon Air to near Carson, moving east at 45
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.

Locations impacted include...
Richmond, Powhatan, Dinwiddie, McKenney, Tuckahoe, Moseley, Bon Air,
Mannboro, University Of Richmond, Dewitt, Wyndham, Chesterfield Court
House, Wilsons, Scotts Fork, Chula, Sutherland, Matoaca, Laurel, Glen
Allen, and Chesterfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for central and
south central Virginia.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3763 7795 3769 7791 3761 7782 3756 7765
      3758 7762 3762 7765 3770 7763 3768 7756
      3770 7752 3696 7745 3688 7765 3690 7765
      3684 7766 3680 7778 3715 7787 3719 7780
      3722 7789 3745 7795 3750 7793 3762 7798
TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 270DEG 39KT 3810 7765 3791 7752 3749 7754 3710
7744

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

Martin