Expires:202404031945;Remove:202404031945;877163 WUUS51 KAKQ 031913 SVRAKQ VAC025-081-595-031945- /O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0017.240403T1913Z-240403T1945Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wakefield VA 313 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024 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... Southeastern Brunswick County in south central Virginia... * Until 345 PM EDT. * At 313 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Brunswick, or 8 miles southeast of Lawrenceville, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Radium around 320 PM EDT. Emporia around 325 PM EDT. Purdy and Jarratt around 330 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Ante, Callaville, Bufford Crossroads, Edgerton, Lanes Corner, Pleasant Shade, Fields Crossroads, Durand, Emporia Reservoir, and Slagles Lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for south central and southeastern Virginia. && LAT...LON 3688 7762 3685 7756 3685 7749 3681 7747 3673 7749 3671 7746 3671 7743 3667 7750 3667 7748 3666 7747 3665 7749 3661 7778 3672 7786 TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 236DEG 41KT 3667 7776 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ EI