NWS Wakefield VASV.W 0320September 4, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Gates, Hertford, Isle of Wight and 3 more, NC and VA
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Gates, Hertford, Isle of Wight and 3 more in North Carolina, Virginia, which was in force until 8:00 p.m. local time on September 4. It was the 320th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Wakefield issued in 2026. North Carolina had 124 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 32 in an average September of 2008-2025 (North Carolina's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 46 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wakefield VA
- Area
- Gates, Hertford, Isle of Wight and 3 more
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:14 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ SV.W 0320
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina since 2008Every warning type in North Carolina
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The notice as issued
SVRAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North central Hertford County in northeastern North Carolina... Northwestern Gates County in northeastern North Carolina... The City of Franklin in southeastern Virginia... Southwestern Isle of Wight County in southeastern Virginia... Southeastern Southampton County in southeastern Virginia... The southwestern City of Suffolk in southeastern Virginia... * Until 800 PM EDT. * At 714 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Como, or 7 miles southwest of Franklin, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Suffolk around 720 PM EDT. Franklin around 725 PM EDT. Holland around 755 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Handsom, Lummis, Drum Hill, Cleopus, Dort, Somerton, Riddicksville, Collosse, Sunbeam, and Lees Mill.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please report severe weather by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina since 2008734 a year
- Every warning type in North Carolina
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels