Ashland/Doswell Wall Cloud

A supercell thunderstorm moved from extreme western Hanover county through southern Caroline county Wednesday night. A persistent circulation indicated by doppler radar prompted tornado warnings as the storm moved between Ashland and Doswell, very close to Kings Dominion. A CBS 6 viewer known only by "Kevin" snapped the above photo as the storm moved by. The photo was taken facing north, and the storm was moving from left to right (west to east). As you can see from the picture, the wall coud extended very low to the ground, and on Doppler Max 6, there was a well-organized mesocyclone evident. We are fortunate this one didn't produce a tornado.

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"