Severe Storms Cause Widespread Damage & Power Outages Monday Afternoon

August 11, 2026

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Tym Fleck - Tree Roseland — Photo By Michele Fleckenstein :Michele's husband, Otto Fleckenstein, stands in front of a decades old walnut tree that severe storms took down Monday afternoon at their home in the Roseland / Bryant community of Nelson County, Virginia. August 10, 2026

Central Virginia Blue Ridge
By Tommy Stafford

A line of storms became extremely violent as they worked their way down into Central Virginia Monday afternoon causing a lot of damage leaving many still without power as Tuesday begins.

Photo By Michele Fleckenstein : Scenes like this were commonplace Monday afternoon after the line of severe storms moved through. This is another view of the fallen tree at their home in Roseland / Bryant. August 10, 2025

Though some isolated severe storms were expected with the hot weather and high humidity, the bowing line of storms that moved out of West Virginia and down from Harrisonburg weren’t expected to become so strong. But they did.

Image From Radarscope : Here’s a look at the line of severe storms as they approached the Blue Ridge from the west during the afternoon on Monday – August 10, 2026

As indicated above, early Tuesday morning Central Virginia Electric reports around 1100 customers are still without power from Monday’s storms.

Photo courtesy of Meredith Ackroyd : This tree fell on Merideth’s house in Afton, Virginia of Nelson County during Monday afternoon’s storms. August 10, 2026

In the photo immediately above this large tree fell on a hour in Afton. “We had a big maple tree fall on and through our house. We had sudden twisting wind here, and the whole tree twisted off. It looks like it exploded, with branches all around the tree,” Meredith Ackroyd commented to our Facebook page.

Photo courtesy of Glenn Fields Jr. : Down the road on Lodebar just north of Nellysford trees and power lines were taken out by the line of severe storms Monday afternoon. August 10, 2026

There’s a continued chance for more storms, some severe in the afternoon and evening, for the next two to three days.

Finger crossed we miss them this time!

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