NWS Wakefield VASV.W 0026May 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Caroline, Essex, Richmond and 1 more, VA
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Caroline, Essex, Richmond and 1 more in Virginia, which was in force until 2:00 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 26th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Wakefield issued in 2026. Virginia had 47 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 93 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Virginia's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
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In force for 1 hour; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wakefield VA
- Area
- Caroline, Essex, Richmond and 1 more
- State
- Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:00 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 2:00 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ SV.W 0026
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia since 2008Every warning type in Virginia
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The notice as issued
SVRAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Richmond County in east central Virginia... Northwestern Westmoreland County in east central Virginia... Caroline County in north central Virginia... Northwestern Essex County in east central Virginia... * Until 200 PM EDT. * At 100 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Fredericksburg to 6 miles northwest of Spotsylvania to near Orange, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Colonial Beach and Port Royal around 140 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Currioman Landing, Hustle, Potomac Beach, Guinea, Corbin, Supply, Penola, Stratford Hall, Nancy Wrights Corner, and Ruther Glen.
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 Virginia since 2008638 a year
- Every warning type in Virginia
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels