Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 11 at 2:40PM EDT until July 11 at 3:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 11, 2026 - 11:40am
Expires:
July 11, 2026 - 12:30pm
Description:
At 240 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Tolarsville to near Fairmont, moving southeast at 25
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...
Lumberton, Elizabethtown, Fairmont, Bladenboro, Fair Bluff, Boardman,
Bladen Community College, Butters, Hestertown, Robeson Community
College, Smiths, Howellsville, Tolarsville, Abbottsburg, Barnesville,
Tobermory, Barker Ten Mile, Evergreen, Dublin, and Cerro Gordo.
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: