Expires:202409271515;Remove:202409271515;314080 WUUS52 KILM 271418 SVRILM NCC017-019-047-155-271515- /O.NEW.KILM.SV.W.0100.240927T1418Z-240927T1515Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wilmington NC 1018 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024 The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina... Western Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina... Southwestern Brunswick County in southeastern North Carolina... Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina... * Until 1115 AM EDT. * At 1015 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles south of Fayetteville to near Bladen Community College to Sidney, moving north at 65 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Lumberton, Whiteville, Elizabethtown, Iredell, Carolina Shores, Tabor City, St. Pauls, Chadbourn, Calabash, Bladenboro, Bethel, Lake Waccamaw, Boardman, Rex, Hallsboro, Ammon, Hestertown, Longwood, Southeastern Community College, and White Oak. 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 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. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for southeastern North Carolina...and northeastern South Carolina. && LAT...LON 3490 7894 3484 7890 3485 7880 3485 7852 3385 7854 3422 7898 3488 7913 3495 7903 TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 195DEG 58KT 3497 7892 3460 7870 3419 7878 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ ABW