Local brief
Tornado Watch: Brunswick County, VA — tornadoes possible until 8 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 11
The National Weather Service has Brunswick County, Virginia, under a Tornado Watch until 8 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 11 (5 p.m. PDT). Pick a safe room on the lowest floor with no windows, keep your phone charged and turn on alerts. If a Tornado Warning is issued, take cover right away.
What is happening: The National Weather Service has Brunswick County, Virginia, under Tornado Watch 681 until 8 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 11 (5 p.m. PDT). Storms this afternoon and evening could make tornadoes, damaging winds and hail.
Tornado Watch 681 from NWS Wakefield lasts until 8 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 11 (5 p.m. PDT) and covers Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Mecklenburg, City of Emporia, Virginia. The full regional brief, with a map of both watches, is here: https://noticenearby.com/briefs/nc-va-tornado-watch-2026-10-11
Watch or warning? A Tornado Watch means storms could make tornadoes, so get ready and keep an eye on the sky and your phone. A Tornado Warning means a tornado is happening or about to happen near you. That is when you take cover right away.
What to do now: Pick your safe room before storms arrive. The best place is a basement, or a small room in the middle of the house on the lowest floor, with no windows, like a bathroom, closet or hallway. Keep your phone charged and turn on emergency alerts. If you live in a mobile home, know where the nearest sturdy building is and plan to go there if a warning is issued. If a Tornado Warning is issued for you, go to your safe room right away and cover your head and neck.
Stay informed: Check the National Weather Service offices for your area: Raleigh (https://www.weather.gov/rah), Newport/Morehead City (https://www.weather.gov/mhx) and Wakefield, Va. (https://www.weather.gov/akq). In North Carolina, follow ReadyNC from NC Emergency Management (https://www.readync.gov). In Virginia, follow the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (https://www.vaemergency.gov).
Find shelters and supplies: https://zost.app/pages/va/brunswick
Get prepared: https://noticenearby.com/prepare
Sources: NWS Wakefield Tornado Watch (https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.73dcdc48aa2183d567b654937ed0725dd149059d.003.1). Updated 2:29 p.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11. Notice Nearby wrote this brief in its own words. More Brunswick County notices: https://noticenearby.com/va/brunswick
Source: the public notice on this register NN-ENV-va-brunswick-tornado-watch-2026-10-11 · National Weather Service Wakefield Tornado Watch 681.
This is a Notice Nearby local brief — an in-house explainer written from a government-posted notice on this register. It is not official minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication.