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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 8, 2024Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2024, 6:44 PM EDT for Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2024, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2024, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Robeson County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 7, 7:34 PM EDT, 23 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 7:34 PM EDT, 23 hours 10 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 3:35 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	16 hr
May 8, 2:18 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	11 hr
May 8, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	35 min
May 8, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	24 min
May 8, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	49 min
May 8, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	25 min
May 8, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Pender	67 min
May 8, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	45 min
May 8, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	44 min
May 8, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	65 min
May 8, 6:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Robeson	3 hr
May 8, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender	32 min
May 8, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen, Columbus, Robeson	44 min
May 8, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen, Columbus	57 min
May 8, 7:45 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	Brunswick	24 hr
May 8, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Marlboro	74 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.