Full Notification

SVRILM The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Pender County in southeastern North Carolina... Southern Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina... Northeastern Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 552 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Butters to near Carvers, moving east at 35 mph. 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... Rowan, Bladenboro, Sandyfield, Boardman, Point Caswell, Butters, Council, Currie, Wards Corner, The Borough, Riegelwood, Carvers, Abbottsburg, Lisbon, Lagoon, Elkton, Rooks, Montague, Malpass Corner, and Emerson.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BLADEN, NC ... COLUMBUS, NC ... PENDER, NC

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Wilmington at 1-800-697-3901.