Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Locations Affected

Saint Pauls, NC ∙ White Oak, NC ∙ Raynham, NC ∙ Proctorville, NC ∙ Tar Heel, NC ∙ White Lake, NC ∙ Fairmont, NC ∙ Barker Ten Mile, NC ∙ Abbottsburg, NC ∙ Pembroke, NC

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wilmington NC 701 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024 The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina... Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina... Northwestern Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina... * Until 745 PM EDT. * At 701 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of Fayetteville to Howellsville to near Lake View, 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, Pembroke, Fairmont, St. Pauls, Chadbourn, Bladenboro, Rowland, Fair Bluff, Boardman, Rex, Ammon, Hestertown, Southeastern Community College, White Oak, Carvers, Smiths, Howellsville, and Lisbon. 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 3490 7894 3484 7890 3485 7880 3485 7852 3486 7850 3475 7839 3470 7837 3467 7834 3447 7839 3433 7873 3427 7903 3455 7936 3479 7910 3495 7902 TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 295DEG 35KT 3503 7881 3471 7890 3442 7917 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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