Full Notification

SVRILM The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... New Hanover County in southeastern North Carolina... Southeastern Pender County in southeastern North Carolina... Northeastern Brunswick County in southeastern North Carolina...

* Until 130 PM EDT.

* At 1233 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Northwest to near Winnabow, moving east at 30 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... Wilmington, Leland, Wrightsville Beach, Surf City, South Masonboro Island, Figure Eight Island, Hampstead, Northwest, Topsail Beach, Bishop, Hightsville, Cape Fear Community College North Campus, Wilmington International Airport, Myrtle Grove, Masonboro, Murrayville, Castle Hayne, University Of North Carolina At Wilmington, Phoenix, and Scotts Hill.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BRUNSWICK, NC ... NEW HANOVER, 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 or wind damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Wilmington at 1 800 697 3901. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. 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.