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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
714 PM EDT Wed May 15 2024

NCC017-160015-
/O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-240516T0015Z/
Bladen NC-
714 PM EDT Wed May 15 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN BLADEN COUNTY...

At 714 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Elizabethtown,
moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
         damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Elizabethtown, Rowan, Carvers, Abbottsburg, Lisbon, Lagoon, Elkton,
Emerson, Council, Kelly, Clarkton, White Lake, East Arcadia, and
Bladen County Hospital.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

This is a dangerous storm. Prepare immediately for large destructive
hail capable of producing significant damage. People outside should
move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from windows.

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 3464 7831 3463 7832 3462 7831 3461 7831
      3458 7826 3456 7825 3456 7826 3455 7826
      3454 7827 3451 7825 3439 7829 3437 7833
      3437 7837 3451 7879 3471 7869 3465 7832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 288DEG 26KT 3459 7860

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

RJB