Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 02:45PM
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Pender County in southeastern North Carolina...
* Until 245 PM EDT.
* At 206 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wards Corner, or near Burgaw, moving east 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... Burgaw, Penderlea, Long Creek, Murray Town, Malpass Corner, Ashton, Willard, Rocky Point, Wards Corner, Rooks, St. Helena, Atkinson, Watha and Pender Memorial Hospital.
* AFFECTED AREAS: PENDER, NC
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Address/Location
Pender County, NC
805 S Walker St
Burgaw, NC 28425
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 910-259-1200
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP PENDER followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning