NWS Raleigh NCSV.W 0026May 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Edgecombe, Halifax and Nash, NC
The National Weather Service office in Raleigh issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Edgecombe, Halifax and Nash in North Carolina, which was in force until 8:00 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 26th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Raleigh issued in 2026. North Carolina had 20 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 120 in an average May of 2008-2025 (North Carolina's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Raleigh NC
- Area
- Edgecombe, Halifax and Nash
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:56 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRAH SV.W 0026
- 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
SVRRAH The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Nash County in central North Carolina... Edgecombe County in central North Carolina... Southwestern Halifax County in central North Carolina... * Until 800 PM EDT. * At 655 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of Dortches, or 12 miles north of Nashville, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Dortches, Red Oak, Enfield, Princeville, Whitakers, Hobgood, Conetoe, and Castalia. This includes Interstate 95 between Mile Markers 154 and 141.
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 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, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels