NWS Wakefield VASV.W 0286September 2, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Dorchester, Somerset and Wicomico, MD
The National Weather Service office in Wakefield issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Dorchester, Somerset and Wicomico in Maryland, which was in force until 3:30 p.m. local time on September 2. It was the 286th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Wakefield issued in 2026. Maryland had 32 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 15 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Maryland'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
- Dorchester, Somerset and Wicomico
- State
- Maryland
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:42 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 3:30 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAKQ SV.W 0286
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland since 2008Every warning type in Maryland
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The notice as issued
SVRAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Somerset County in southeastern Maryland... Wicomico County in southeastern Maryland... Dorchester County in southeastern Maryland... * Until 330 PM EDT. * At 242 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Federalsburg to 9 miles southeast of Taylors Island, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Vienna around 245 PM EDT. Hebron around 300 PM EDT. Delmar around 305 PM EDT. Deal Island around 310 PM EDT. Salisbury, Fruitland, and Salisbury University around 315 PM EDT. Princess Anne around 320 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Wetipquin, Brookview, Trinity, Eldorado, Hoopersville, Eden, Mount Vernon, Chesapeake Heights, Pittsville, and Linkwood.
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 Maryland since 2008265 a year
- Every warning type in Maryland
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels