Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
493 WWUS82 KILM 271958 SPSILM Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington NC 358 PM EDT Thu Jun 27 2024 NCZ105>109-272030- Inland New Hanover NC-Inland Brunswick NC-Coastal Pender NC- Inland Pender NC-Coastal New Hanover NC- 358 PM EDT Thu Jun 27 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NEW HANOVER...SOUTHERN PENDER AND NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... At 358 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Cape Fear Community College North Campus, or 7 miles north of Wilmington, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 to 50 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Wilmington, Leland, Surf City, Rich Inlet, Figure Eight Island, Hampstead, Northwest, Topsail Beach, Bishop, Hightsville, Cape Fear Community College North Campus, Ashton, Wilmington International Airport, Rocky Point, Murrayville, Castle Hayne, University Of North Carolina At Wilmington, Phoenix, Scotts Hill, and Ogden. This includes the following highways... Interstate 40 between mile markers 405 and 416. Interstate 140 between mile markers 15 and 20. US Route 17 in Brunswick County between mile markers 33 and 44. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 3434 7766 3424 7777 3410 7812 3431 7820 3436 7816 3435 7820 3437 7822 3458 7762 3448 7758 3446 7754 3444 7752 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 250DEG 17KT 3432 7789 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ IGB