NWS Wakefield VASV.W 0027May 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 2:45 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 27th 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).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 48 minutes; 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
- 1:57 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 2:45 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ SV.W 0027
- 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... Richmond County in east central Virginia... Westmoreland County in east central Virginia... Northeastern Caroline County in north central Virginia... Essex County in east central Virginia... * Until 245 PM EDT. * At 157 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Loretto, or near Champlain, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Leedstown and Loretto around 200 PM EDT. Newland around 210 PM EDT. Montross around 215 PM EDT. Hague around 240 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Currioman Landing, Threeway, Hustle, Elevon, Supply, Mount Holly, Stratford Hall, Lyells, Kennard, and Westmoreland.
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