NWS Wakefield VASV.W 0034May 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg and 2 more, VA
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg and 2 more in Virginia, which was in force until 9:30 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 34th 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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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wakefield VA
- Area
- Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg and 2 more
- State
- Virginia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:50 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 9:30 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ SV.W 0034
- 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... Southeastern Prince Edward County in central Virginia... Northern Lunenburg County in south central Virginia... Nottoway County in south central Virginia... Southwestern Dinwiddie County in south central Virginia... Northwestern Brunswick County in south central Virginia... * Until 930 PM EDT. * At 850 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Green Bay, or 7 miles west of Crewe, moving east at 45 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... Burkeville around 855 PM EDT. Nottoway around 900 PM EDT. Blackstone around 905 PM EDT. Fort Barfoot around 910 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Cochran, North Wellville, Irby, Prince Edward Station, Murdocks, Twin Lakes State Park, Forkland, Nutbush, Darvills, and The Falls.
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