NWS Gray MESV.W 0051July 16, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Rockingham, NH
The National Weather Service office in Gray issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Rockingham in New Hampshire, which was in force until 5:45 p.m. local time on July 16. It was the 51st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Gray issued in 2026. New Hampshire had 20 severe thunderstorm warnings in July 2026, against 26 in an average July of 2008-2025 (New Hampshire's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 52 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Gray ME
- Area
- Rockingham
- State
- New Hampshire
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:53 p.m. EDT, July 16, 2026
- Expires
- 5:45 p.m. EDT, July 16, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGYX SV.W 0051
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRGYX The National Weather Service in Gray Maine has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Rockingham County in southern New Hampshire... * Until 545 PM EDT. * At 452 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Exeter, moving southeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Derry, Hampton, Exeter, Salem, Brentwood, Seabrook, Raymond, Hampstead, Atkinson, Kingston, Chester, Danville, Fremont, East Kingston, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Sandown, Plaistow, Newton, and South Hampton. This includes Interstate 95 in New Hampshire between mile markers 0 and 5. This also includes... Hampton Beach.
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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