Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
126 WWUS52 KILM 082140 SVSILM Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington NC 540 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 NCC155-082200- /O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-240508T2200Z/ Robeson NC- 540 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL ROBESON COUNTY... At 539 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lumberton, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. Locations impacted include... Lumberton, Pembroke, Rowland, Smiths, Howellsville, Hestertown, Robeson Community College, Barker Ten Mile, Purvis, Elrod, Tolarsville, Mcdonald, Raynham, and Southeastern Regional Medical Center. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Wilmington at 1-800-697-3901. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3474 7886 3469 7881 3467 7881 3466 7882 3465 7881 3462 7883 3459 7883 3457 7886 3454 7886 3452 7885 3454 7933 3471 7934 3476 7886 TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 270DEG 19KT 3464 7906 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ ABW