Storm Threat Saturday Evening in Fredericksburg

A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 5 p.m. for portions of the Fredericksburg area.

FOR SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD...EASTERN ORANGE...SOUTHEASTERN CULPEPER
AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES...

AT 425 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF
SPOTSYLVANIA...OR 15 MILES EAST OF ORANGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGING WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES TO
FALL. THIS COULD INJURE THOSE OUTDOORS...AS WELL AS DAMAGE
HOMES AND VEHICLES. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME BLOCKED BY DOWNED
TREES. LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. UNSECURED
LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BECOME PROJECTILES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MASSAPONAX...SPOTSYLVANIA...POST OAK...LAKE OF THE WOODS...ALSOP...
VERDIERSVILLE...FLAT RUN...LOGAN...DUNAVANT...BURR HILL...
CHANCELLORSVILLE...UNIONVILLE...GOLD DALE...SNELL...LOCUST GROVE...
LAHORE...GLENORA...PARKER...GATEWOOD AND RHOADESVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GET INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM WIND AND LIGHTNING. TREES AROUND
YOU MAY BE DOWNED FROM DAMAGING WINDS...SO IF YOU ARE NEAR LARGE
TREES...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DON`T DRIVE
UNDERNEATH TREES OR IN WOODED AREAS UNTIL THE THREAT HAS PASSED.