Updated Storm Warning: Large Hail and Dangerous Winds in Fredericksburg Tuesday Afternoon

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for a portion of the Fredericksburg area:

UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 304 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SPOTSYLVANIA...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREDERICKSBURG...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

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...
SNELL...PARTLOW...GATEWOOD...POST OAK...THORNBURG AND BROKENBURG.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.