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

NCC017-047-141-082300-
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Pender NC-Bladen NC-Columbus NC-
644 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN PENDER...SOUTHERN BLADEN AND NORTHEASTERN COLUMBUS
COUNTIES...

At 643 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Carvers to near The Borough, moving east at 25 mph.
The strongest storm was located between Council and East Arcadia
where hail up to the size of golf balls remains possible.

HAZARD...Golf ball size 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...
Rowan, Bladenboro, Sandyfield, Boardman, Point Caswell, Butters,
Council, Currie, Wards Corner, The Borough, Riegelwood, Carvers,
Abbottsburg, Lisbon, Lagoon, Elkton, Rooks, Montague, Malpass Corner,
and Emerson.

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 3453 7803 3435 7809 3437 7814 3437 7815
      3427 7822 3444 7896 3446 7890 3450 7885
      3457 7886 3464 7882
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 284DEG 21KT 3446 7844 3439 7816

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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