Special Statement Just Issued

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1059 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

VAZ048-049-060>100-312100-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-
CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-
CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-
DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-
MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-
SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-
SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISA...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...
ASHLAND...SOUTH HILL...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...
TAPPAHANNOCK...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...
WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS...
HAMPTON...CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EASTVILLE
1059 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THE EVENING HOURS...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE WITH ALL FORMS OF
SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME THE PREDOMINANT THREAT WILL
BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...BUT LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION VERY CLOSELY. SEVERE
WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY TODAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR
WEATHER.GOV/WAKEFIELD ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON
THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

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WAMSLEY