Gullywashers Wednesday Night

Strong to severe thunderstorms moved through Central Virginia Wednesday night, pounding the Ashland area with penny size hail, downing some tree limbs in other parts of the state, and dumping nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain in half an hour on one of our Weather Watchers in Coatesville. There was a Tornado Warning issued on the storm near Ashland last night, but no touchdown was confirmed.

Here are some of the rain totals from the storms Wednesday:
Coatesville 0.7" in 30 minutes
Reedville 0.6"
Fredericksburg 0.41"
Richmond Intl Airport 0.37"
Newland 0.2"
Locust Grove 0.2"
Farmville 0.16"
Wakefield 0.07"