Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
839 WWUS52 KILM 160110 SVSILM Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington NC 910 PM EDT Wed May 15 2024 NCC019-129-141-160130- /O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-240516T0130Z/ New Hanover NC-Pender NC-Brunswick NC- 910 PM EDT Wed May 15 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR NEW HANOVER...EASTERN PENDER AND NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES... At 909 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Edgecomb to Sea Breeze, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 0850 PM 58 mph winds were reported at Wilmington Airport. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. Locations impacted include... Wilmington, Leland, Carolina Beach, Wrightsville Beach, Kure Beach, Surf City, Snows Cut, South Masonboro Island, Figure Eight Island, Rich Inlet, North Masonboro Island, Hampstead, Boiling Spring Lakes, Topsail Beach, Maple Hill, Hightsville, Cape Fear Community College North Campus, Wilmington International Airport, Murrayville, and Castle Hayne. 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. && LAT...LON 3432 7769 3423 7778 3415 7784 3392 7794 3406 7829 3456 7782 3472 7768 3448 7758 3444 7752 TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 261DEG 33KT 3445 7757 3409 7792 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...OBSERVED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ RJB