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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
128 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT.
* AT 127 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SUPPLY
AND BOILING SPRING LAKES, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILMINGTON, LELAND, BURGAW, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, SURF CITY, FIGURE
EIGHT ISLAND, HAMPSTEAD, BOILING SPRING LAKES, ST. JAMES,
NORTHWEST, TOPSAIL BEACH, MAPLE HILL, HIGHTSVILLE, LONG CREEK, CAPE
FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE NORTH CAMPUS, WILMINGTON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT, MURRAYVILLE, CASTLE HAYNE, OGDEN, AND WINNABOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3428 7774 3420 7780 3393 7808 3394 7834
3472 7796 3472 7768 3448 7758 3445 7753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 214DEG 45KT 3405 7810
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
SRP
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