North Carolina Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Severe | Effective 05/27/2026 15:56

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 27 at 6:56PM EDT until May 27 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 27, 2026 - 3:56pm
Expires: 
May 27, 2026 - 5:00pm
Description: 
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.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Edgecombe, NC; Halifax, NC; Nash, NC
Forcast Office: 
NWS Raleigh NC