473  
WWUS81 KAKQ 090116  
SPSAKQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
916 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
VAZ065-066-090200-  
LUNENBURG VA-MECKLENBURG VA-  
916 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG AND  
SOUTHWESTERN LUNENBURG COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM EDT...  
 
AT 915 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
DRYBURG, OR NEAR CLOVER, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
CHASE CITY, BOYDTON, KELLS CORNER, FAIRVIEW, ROGERS CORNER, SPANISH  
GROVE, FINCHLEY, FINNEYWOOD, SKIPWITH, AND JOHN H KERR RESERVOIR.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3669 7868 3669 7865 3668 7863 3670 7864  
3670 7865 3689 7849 3690 7849 3690 7834  
3663 7838 3665 7858 3667 7862 3665 7860  
3666 7870 3668 7870  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 278DEG 19KT 3676 7873  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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