Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 5 at 4:28PM EDT until July 5 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 5, 2026 - 1:28pm
Expires:
July 5, 2026 - 1:45pm
Description:
At 428 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Evergreen, or
14 miles west of Whiteville, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Chadbourn, Fair Bluff, Boardman, Cherry Grove, Evergreen,
Barnesville, Cerro Gordo, Marietta, Proctorville, and Orrum.
Instruction:
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.
Area Description:
Columbus, NC; Robeson, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Wilmington NC
Sender: