Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 5 at 4:38PM EDT until July 5 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 5, 2026 - 1:38pm
Expires:
July 5, 2026 - 2:30pm
Description:
SVRILM
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina...
Western Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 438 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bladenboro,
or 12 miles northwest of Whiteville, moving northeast at 35 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...
Elizabethtown, Chadbourn, Bladenboro, Boardman, Bladen Community
College, Abbottsburg, Lisbon, Butters, Lagoon, Elkton, Southeastern
Community College, Ruskin, White Oak, Evergreen, Clarkton, White
Lake, Dublin, Cerro Gordo, 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:
Bladen, NC; Columbus, NC; Robeson, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Wilmington NC
Sender: