Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 4 at 5:03AM EDT until May 4 at 5:45AM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 4, 2025 - 2:03am
Expires:
May 4, 2025 - 2:45am
Description:
At 500 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grissettown, or
near Shallotte, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 435 AM a 58 mph gust was reported at
North Myrtle Beach Airport.
IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Leland, Shallotte, Sunset Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Iredell, Carolina
Shores, Calabash, Northwest, Bishop, Makatoka, Supply, Exum,
Longwood, Brunswick County Community College Main Campus, Seaside,
Ash, Riegelwood, Winnabow, Grissettown, and Honey Island.
Instruction:
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.
Area Description:
Brunswick, NC; Columbus, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Wilmington NC