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 toDominion Energy. However, as of 9 p.m., the outages had dropped to more than 6,540 customers without power and as of 9 a.m. on Sunday there were about 1,1630 customers without power in Central Virginia.
Most of those remaining outages were concentrated in Chesterfield, Colonial Heights and Prince George.
- Chesterfield 349
- Colonial Heights 239
- Dinwiddie 78
- Hopewell 12
- Petersburg 42
- Prince George 490
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains was in effect for all of central Virginia until 9 p.m.
The storms that developed unleashed very heavy rainfall and frequent lightning and there was the potential for damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph.
RELATED: Hour-by-hour look at storms this weekend
Today's Forecast
Warm & muggy overnight with patchy fog
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