Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 8 at 2:26PM EDT until June 8 at 3:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 8, 2025 - 11:26am
Expires:
June 8, 2025 - 12:00pm
Description:
At 224 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Currie to near Riegelwood to near Ocean Isle Beach,
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...
Wilmington, Leland, Oak Island, Carolina Beach, Shallotte, Sunset
Beach, Wrightsville Beach, Kure Beach, Surf City, Holden Beach,
Ocean Isle Beach, Caswell Beach, Bald Head Island, Masonboro Island,
Figure Eight Island, and Hampstead.
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.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Brunswick, NC; Columbus, NC; New Hanover, NC; Pender, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Wilmington NC