NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DCSV.W 0069May 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Albemarle and City of Charlottesville, VA
The National Weather Service office in Baltimore MD/Washington issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Albemarle and City of Charlottesville in Virginia, which was in force until 3:30 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 69th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Baltimore MD/Washington 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).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 41 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- Area
- Albemarle and City of Charlottesville
- State
- Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:49 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 3:30 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KLWX SV.W 0069
- 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
SVRLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... The City of Charlottesville in central Virginia... Central Albemarle County in central Virginia... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 249 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Charlottesville, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as damage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by downed trees. Localized power outages are possible. Unsecured light objects may become projectiles. * Locations impacted include... Charlottesville, Crozet, Free Union, Campbell, Westmoreland, Hollymead, Ivy, Cobham, Cismont, Newcomb Hall, Boyd Tavern, Monticello, Woodridge, Keswick, Stony Point, Flordon, Carrsbrook, Earlysville, Shadwell, and Barracks.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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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