So how bad were Thursday night’s severe storms?

At WSLS 10 On Your Side, we place keeping our viewers’ safe as one of our highest priorities.  And Thursday night’s severe storm system that spawned severe storms and tornado warnings, is a prime example of our committment to help keep you and your family safe.

The severe weather struck during prime-time NBC programming, and we had to warn you at home about the dangerous weather instead of showing you your normal NBC favorites.

So of you wanted to know why were we on the air so long?  More than two-dozen severe weather warnings in less than five hours is evidence of the extreme danger the weather posed Thursday night.  Also the storms knocked out power to thousands.

Below is a timeline of the severe weather warnings sent out by the National Weather Service.  It shows nearly every county and city in our viewing area got hit by the severe weather at some point Thursday night:

• 1.  6:48 - 1st severe t-storm warning issued for western Giles Co.
• 2.  7:21 - Severe t-storm warning Eastern Giles Co.
• 3.  7:28 - Severe t-storm warnings Martinsville, Patrick Co., Southern Franklin Co., Northern Henry Co.
• 4.  7:38 - Tornado warning NE Patrick Co., SW Franklin Co., NW Henry Co.
• 5.  7:41 - Severe t-storm warning NE Radford, Northern Montgomery Co., NE Giles Co., SW Craig Co.
• 6.  7:43 - Severe t-storm warning SW Patrick Co., South Central Carroll Co.
• 7.  7:47 - Severe t-storm warning Radford, Pulaski Co., Southern Montgomery Co.
• 8.  7:57 - Tornado warning SE Franklin Co., West Central Pittsylvania Co.
• 9.  8:03 - Tornado warning Western Patrick Co., SE Carroll Co., South Central Floyd Co.
• 10.  8:07 - Severe t-storm warning Southern Craig Co.
• 11.  8:13 - Severe t-storm warning Nelson Co.
• 12.  8:20 - Tornado warning SW Patrick Co.
• 13.  8:35 - Tornado warning Nelson Co.
• 14.  8:44 - Tornado warning East Central Franklin Co., SW Campbell Co., NW Pittsylvania Co., South Central Bedford Co.
• 15.  8:51 - Tornado warning extended for Eastern Patrick Co., SW Franklin Co., NW Henry Co.
• 16.  9:02 - Severe t-storm warnings for SE Roanoke City, Buena Vista, Eastern Botetourt Co., Lexington, NW Amherst Co., East Central Roanoke Co., NW Bedford Co., Southern Rockbridge Co.
• 17.  9:17 - tornado warnings for North Central Halifax Co., West Central Charlotte Co., SE Campbell Co., NE Pittsylvania Co.
• 18.  9:29 Tornado warning for SE Franklin Co., Northern Henry Co., West Central Pittsylvania Co.
• 19.  9:45 - tornado warning for Martinsville, SE Patrick Co., Henry Co.
• 20.  9:48 - Severe t-storm warning for Patrick Co.
• 21.  9:56 - Severe t-storm warning for Central Amherst Co.
• 22.  10:15 - Severe t-storm warning for Pittsylvania Co.
• 23.  10:17 - Flash Flood Warning for Martinsville, Henry Co.
• 24.  10:23 - Severe t-storm warning for SW Henry Co.
• 25.  10:35 - Severe t-storm warning for Martinsville, Henry Co.
• 26.  10:44 - Flash Flood Warnings for SW Campbell Co., NE Pittsylvania Co.
• 27.  11:05 - Severe t-storm warnings for Northern Halifax Co., Charlotte Co., SE Campbell Co.
• 28.  11:15 - Severe t-storm warnings for Halifax Co., SE Charlotte Co., SE Pittsylvania Co.