Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC
190 WWUS52 KILM 082203 SVSILM Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington NC 603 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 NCC017-047-141-082300- /O.CON.KILM.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-240508T2300Z/ Pender NC-Bladen NC-Columbus NC- 603 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 602 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Bladenboro to near Carvers, moving east at 25 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... 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 2202Z 270DEG 23KT 3453 7882 3443 7838 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ TRA