Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
221 WUUS52 KILM 082200 SVRILM NCC155-082245- /O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0031.240508T2200Z-240508T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wilmington NC 600 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 558 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Buie, or 7 miles south of Red Springs, moving east at 30 mph. Another severe storm was located near Butters, moving east at 35 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, Fairmont, Maxton, Rowland, Smiths, Howellsville, Tolarsville, Hestertown, Buie, Robeson Community College, Barker Ten Mile, Purvis, Prospect, Elrod, 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 3452 7886 3451 7885 3450 7885 3449 7887 3447 7889 3454 7933 3475 7934 3479 7888 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 268DEG 26KT 3471 7914 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ ABW