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Gale Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, NC

October 8, 2025

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this gale warning at Oct 8, 2025, 2:03 PM EDT. It took effect at Oct 9, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 69 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 8, 2025, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 9, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 12, 2025, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 69 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Oct 8, 6:28 AM EDT, 7 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 6:28 AM EDT, 7 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 1:38 AM EDT, 12 hours 25 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
Oct 8, 1:34 AM EDT	Gale Watch	ILM		12 hr
Oct 8, 1:34 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	ILM		36 hr
Oct 8, 1:35 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	11 hr
Oct 8, 7:37 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Oct 8, 7:37 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	New Hanover	24 hr

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Sources

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