Storms bring heavy rain, hail, tornado warnings to Northern Virginia

Intense thunderstorms raged through Northern Virginia late Wednesday evening, bringing heavy rain, high winds, hail and tornadoes warnings from Spotsylvania to Prince William counties.

There were no reports of tornadoes touching down, but the National Weather Service said a funnel cloud was spotted moving from Fredericksburg into Stafford.

High winds brought down trees and knocked out power to more than 12,000 customers in Northern Virginia, most of them in Fairfax County, Dominion Virginia Power reported. A wind gust of 70 mph was recorded in Montgomery County, Md., during the height of the storm.

A flood warning is in effect for Arlington, Fairfax, Alexandria, Prince William and Stafford until 10 p.m.