Full Notification

SVRILM The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Pender County in southeastern North Carolina... Southeastern Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina... Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina... Northern Brunswick County in southeastern North Carolina... Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina... Southern Dillon County in northeastern South Carolina... Horry County in northeastern South Carolina... Marion County in northeastern South Carolina...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 543 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Lagoon to near Blue Brick, moving southeast at 25 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... Conway, Marion, Whiteville, Mullins, Elizabethtown, Horry, Rowan, Tabor City, Loris, Chadbourn, Bladenboro, Bethel, Lake Waccamaw, Latta, Fair Bluff, Lake View, Northwest, Sandyfield, Hickory Grove, and Sellers.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BLADEN, NC ... BRUNSWICK, NC ... COLUMBUS, NC ... PENDER, NC ... ROBESON, NC ... DILLON, SC ... HORRY, SC ... MARION, SC

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.