Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 5 at 5:20PM EDT until September 5 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 5, 2026 - 2:20pm
Expires:
September 5, 2026 - 3:00pm
Description:
SVRILM
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina...
Southwestern Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 519 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Butters, or 9
miles southeast of Lumberton, moving southeast 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...
Whiteville, Chadbourn, Bladenboro, Smiths, Abbottsburg, Butters,
Elkton, Evergreen, Emerson, Southeastern Community College,
Clarkton, and Columbus Regional Healthcare System.
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:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov