NWS Wakefield VAFZ.W 0005November 14, 2026
Freeze Warning: Gates, Bertie and Suffolk, NC and VA
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield issued a freeze warning for Gates, Bertie and Suffolk in North Carolina, Virginia, in force until 8:00 a.m. local time on November 15. It was the 5th freeze warning the NWS office in Wakefield issued in 2026. North Carolina had 5 freeze warnings in November 2026, against 9 in an average November of 2008-2025 (North Carolina's freeze warnings by year).
Warning
In force for 7 hours
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wakefield VA
- Area
- Gates, Bertie and Suffolk
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:37 p.m. EST, November 14, 2026
- In force from
- 1:00 a.m. EST, November 15, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 a.m. EST, November 15, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KAKQ FZ.W 0005
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Freeze Warnings in North Carolina since 2008Every warning type in North Carolina
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The notice as issued
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Bertie and Gates Counties. In Virginia, Suffolk. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM EST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
What the agency told people to do
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.