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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
108 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern New Hanover County in southeastern North Carolina...
  Southeastern Pender County in southeastern North Carolina...

* Until 200 PM EDT.

* At 108 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Castle Hayne,
  or 11 miles south of Burgaw, moving north at 10 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...
  Rocky Point, Murrayville, Castle Hayne, Cape Fear Community College
  North Campus, Bayshore, Porters Neck, Ashton, Ogden, Wrightsboro,
  and St. Helena.

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.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. 
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading 
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to 
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3427 7780 3432 7797 3454 7795 3447 7767
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 201DEG 8KT 3439 7789 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

ABW