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WWUS52 KILM 082316
SVSILM

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
716 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

NCC017-047-155-082345-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-240508T2345Z/
Robeson NC-Bladen NC-Columbus NC-
716 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROBESON...BLADEN AND NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS
COUNTIES...

At 716 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles northeast of Jerome to Bladen Community
College to near Fair Bluff, moving southeast at 40 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, Whiteville, Elizabethtown, Fairmont, Chadbourn,
Bladenboro, Fair Bluff, Boardman, Bladen Community College, Ammon,
Butters, Hestertown, Southeastern Community College, Robeson
Community College, White Oak, Carvers, Smiths, Howellsville,
Abbottsburg, and Tolarsville.

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 these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3484 7890 3485 7880 3485 7852 3486 7850
      3475 7839 3470 7837 3467 7834 3447 7839
      3433 7873 3427 7903 3449 7926 3470 7901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 296DEG 36KT 3496 7866 3464 7875 3435 7902

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

ABW