Storms knock out power to thousands across Central Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. -- Storms knocked out power to more than 8,900 Dominion Energy customers in Central Virginia on Saturday afternoon with the majority of the outages in and Charles City, Dinwiddie, New Kent Petersburg and Prince George.

As of 6:15 p.m., roughly 8,930 customers were without power, according to Dominion Energy.

• Charles City 1,327
• Chesterfield 278
• Colonial Heights 250
• Dinwiddie 4,090
• Henrico 37
• Hopewell 343
• New Kent 663
• Petersburg 581
• Prince George 1,358

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect for all of central Virginia until 9 p.m.

The storms that develop will unleash very heavy rainfall and frequent lightning, along with the potential for damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph.

RELATED: Hour-by-hour look at storms this weekend

Today's Forecast

Storms taper this evening, warm & muggy overnight

The Weather Authority

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