North Carolina Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/08/2026 15:56

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 8 at 6:56PM EDT until July 8 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 8, 2026 - 3:56pm
Expires: 
July 8, 2026 - 4:45pm
Description: 
SVRILM The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Pender County in southeastern North Carolina... * Until 745 PM EDT. * At 656 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Topsail, or 7 miles north of Rich Inlet, and is nearly stationary. 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... Surf City, Hampstead, Topsail Beach, Topsail, Woodside, and Edgecomb.
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: 
Pender, NC
Forcast Office: 
NWS Wilmington NC