Event: Special Weather Statement
Sender Name: NWS Wakefield VA
Issued: 2013-07-24T20:43:14-04:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T21:45:00-04:00
Description: AT 842 PM EDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF PROSPECT
TO 12 MILES WEST OF ELAM…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DILLWYN TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF RED HOUSE…MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE…
PROSPECT AROUND 910 PM EDT…
DARLINGTON HEIGHTS AROUND 920 PM EDT…
LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY AROUND 930 PM EDT…
HAMPDEN SYDNEY AROUND 935 PM EDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE…FARMVILLE.

HAZARDS INCLUDE…
PEA SIZED HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

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.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL…WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES…CREEKS…ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Area Description: Prince Edward; Cumberland