Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 5 at 5:08PM EDT until July 5 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 5, 2026 - 2:08pm
Expires:
July 5, 2026 - 2:30pm
Description:
At 507 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Elizabethtown,
moving northeast at 30 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, Bladenboro, Boardman, Bladen Community College,
Abbottsburg, Lisbon, Butters, Lagoon, Elkton, Southeastern Community
College, Ruskin, White Oak, Evergreen, Clarkton, White Lake, Dublin,
and Bladen County Hospital.
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
Forcast Office:
NWS Wilmington NC
Sender: