NWS Wakefield VASV.W 0031May 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Bertie, Hertford and Northampton, NC
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Bertie, Hertford and Northampton in North Carolina, which was in force until 7:45 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 31st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Wakefield 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, Wakefield VA
- Area
- Bertie, Hertford and Northampton
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:40 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 7:45 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ SV.W 0031
- 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... Northwestern Bertie County in northeastern North Carolina... Southeastern Northampton County in northeastern North Carolina... Southwestern Hertford County in northeastern North Carolina... * Until 745 PM EDT. * At 640 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Halifax, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and powerlines. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Rich Square around 720 PM EDT. Roxobel around 725 PM EDT. Aulander around 740 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Eagletown, Mud Castle, Boones Crossroads, Kelford, Millennium, and Bryantown.
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, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels