Prepare immediately for DAMAGING WINDS. For your safety, move to aninterior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Stay awayfrom windows.When it is safe to do so, please send your reports of hail of anysize, as well as reports of any wind damage, including downed treesor large limbs, to the National Weather Service by calling toll freeat 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. Reports and pictures can also beshared on the National Weather Service Blacksburg Facebook page andon Twitter.
At 753 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a lineextending from Amherst to Oakville to near Brookneal, moving east at40 mph.HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.SOURCE...Radar indicated.IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.Locations impacted include...Lynchburg...Buckingham...Altavista...Amherst...Appomattox...Hurt...and Brookneal.