Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Locations Affected

Topsail Beach, NC ∙ Hampstead, NC ∙ Surf City, NC

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wilmington NC 656 PM EDT Wed Jul 8 2026 The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Pender County in southeastern North Carolina... * Until 745 PM EDT. * At 656 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Topsail, or 7 miles north of Rich Inlet, and is nearly stationary. 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... Surf City, Hampstead, Topsail Beach, Topsail, Woodside, and Edgecomb. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please send your reports of hail 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 3440 7758 3433 7768 3437 7781 3438 7781 3439 7783 3452 7779 3450 7758 3448 7758 3447 7757 3447 7756 3446 7754 3444 7752 TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 185DEG 4KT 3440 7771 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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