Blow around a little bit with winds gusting this high. These are futurecast wind guststhese are futurecast wind gusts. We are looking at 20, maybe even up to 30mileperhour wind gusts overnight tonight especially through the overnight hour on the way for tomorrow where they will tone back down on the way for fridayback down on the way for friday. A lot of this debris is not very heavy and a lot of time wind gusts out toward 40 Miles Per Hour and enough to pick up some of it to blow it around. Definitely want people to be aware of that. We will give you a full recap and full forecast coming up in just a little bit. Mark all right, will, thanks. This storm went throughout south side first. Valerie bragg got reports of funnel clouds come in. What can you tell us about your area . Reporter i am in danville and the wind has started to pick up. Just a few moments ago i felt like i would be blown off my feet and i have been in contact with all the Emergency Service coordinators here on the sou
3 3 pattie Melissa Lefevre joins me now. And melissa Melissa Lefevre pattie3 Melissa Lefevre joins me now. And melissa a lot of Power Outages in appomattox right 3 now but at least the weather is quiet for now. 3 thursday will bring a mix of sun and clouds to the area with highs in the upper 40s to near 50. Itll be breezy and brisk as west winds could gust up to 30mph during the day. Clouds linger for tonight, with continued gusty winds. Overnight lows will fall into the upper 20s to near 30 by workweek with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. Winds stay out of the west for the day and will continue to be breezy. The outdoor plans, enjoy cool dry 3 pattie tight we have learned this morning that appomattox county officials will be holding a press conference at 7 this morning. We will carry that live here on abc 13. That reported tornado devastated the community of appomattox. Marissa parra spoke with one survivor that shows just a small taste of the destruction many of his neig
Barry letterman he can confirm that man is dead. He was in his 70s. We werent allowed to get very close to shoot video of where they were shooting. If it was anything like looking through this home you can imagine what they had to go through. Weve seen dozens like it today completely destroyed. Reminants of the folks that had a home here. Furniture. Food back here from a re refrigerator. Unbelievable chaos here tonight. This is one that we have seen. There are so many. Set up a staging area at Evergreen Baptist Church as they looked for the man. Shes in shock to see how many of her neighbors homes exist anymore. She saw her neighbor across the street get blown through a field she hasnt heard if he was okay or not. She feels unbelievably blessed to be alive. This is what appears to be a living room. I found this picture here. A broken picture of the folks that lived here. Again, just unbelievable destruction here in appomattox. Checking with the Sheriffs Office and bring them to you as
Da3 3 pattie tight extensive damage in appomattox county at this hour from a line of storms that went through yesterday afternoon. We 3 3 pattie tight now lets go live to tola adamson. Tola, youve been out there this morning as well. Seeing the same thing. A lot of sat live3 3 pattietoss to melissa 3 for the rest of the workweek, we will see quiet but breezy conditions for the heart of virginia. Thursday will bring a mix of sun and clouds to the area with highs in the upper 40s to near 50. Itll be breezy and brisk as west winds could gust up to 30mph during the day. Clouds linger for tonight, with continued gusty winds. Overnight lows will fall into the upper 20s to near 30 by friday morning. Well end the workweek with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. Winds stay out of the west for the day and will continue to be breezy. The weekend looks great for dry and pleasant weather. 3 3 pattie 3 people are confirmed dead in waverly. Those severe storms ripped through the Hampton Roa
Gma, first thing in the danner the state Supreme Court rules in a case of a man convicted of killing alexis murphy. What we know, new tonight. And more on the fire that destroyed the dan river plant in brookneal. Why that fire is reigniting. George ill let you know how much rain were expecting across the heart of virginia and how long the rain will last. Danner this just into our newsroom tonight. The state Supreme Court has denied the appeal of convicted of killing alexis murphy. Taylor is behind bars, but alexis body has never been found. Life terms. Youre taking a look over lynchburg tonight where the rain is moving in. George were already seeing a few small showers making their way into the heart of heart of virginia. The light rain extends towards madison heights. Pittsylvania county, south of brookneal, you can see small showers that way, but the bulk of the rain has yet to come. Were not going to see that much rain in the next few hours. But closer to 10 0011 00 p. M. , youll se