Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 4 at 6:49PM EDT until September 4 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 4, 2026 - 3:49pm
Expires:
September 4, 2026 - 4:30pm
Description:
SVRAKQ
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Greensville County in southeastern Virginia...
The City of Emporia in southeastern Virginia...
Southwestern Southampton County in southeastern Virginia...
Southwestern Sussex County in southeastern Virginia...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 649 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Dinwiddie to near Jarratt to Radium, moving
east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Emporia, Jarratt, and Stony Creek around 655 PM EDT.
Green Plain around 700 PM EDT.
Sussex around 705 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Adams
Grove, Grizzard, Bufford Crossroads, Lanes Corner, Booker, Yale,
Pleasant Shade, Lumberton, Bryants Corner, and Emporia Reservoir.
Instruction:
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 X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
Area Description:
Greensville, VA; Southampton, VA; Sussex, VA; City of Emporia, VA
Forcast Office:
NWS Wakefield VA
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov