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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
515 PM EDT SAT APR 20 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 513 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM AMMON TO LUMBERTON, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS RECENTLY REPORTED NEAR
PEMBROKE.
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...
LUMBERTON, WHITEVILLE, ELIZABETHTOWN, ROWAN, FAIRMONT, CHADBOURN,
BLADENBORO, FAIR BLUFF, BOARDMAN, PENDERLEA, AMMON, HESTERTOWN,
SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHITE OAK, CARVERS, SMITHS,
HOWELLSVILLE, LISBON, ELKTON, AND EMERSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
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 3475 7839 3470 7837 3467 7832 3461 7831
3455 7825 3472 7811 3473 7801 3471 7798
3472 7780 3418 7893 3464 7928 3485 7871
3486 7850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 299DEG 24KT 3481 7856 3465 7903
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
RJB
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