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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 7, 2025Bladen County, Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2025, 2:40 PM EDT for Bladen County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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
Apr 7, 2025, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2025, 3:12 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bladen County, NC, Robeson County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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 Apr 6, 7:32 PM EDT, 19 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 7:32 PM EDT, 19 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 8:04 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementILMNew Hanover, Pender24 hr
Apr 6, 8:04 PM EDTRip Current StatementILMBrunswick24 hr
Apr 7, 3:39 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryILMBrunswick16 hr
Apr 7, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson59 min
Apr 7, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Robeson28 min
Apr 7, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen27 min
Apr 7, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMRobeson30 min
Apr 7, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Robeson65 min
Apr 7, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDillon53 min
Apr 7, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDillon35 min
Apr 7, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg31 min
Apr 7, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMFlorence, Williamsburg23 min
Apr 7, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDillon31 min
Apr 7, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDarlington42 min
Apr 7, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDarlington, Dillon, Marlboro46 min
Apr 7, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMWilliamsburg36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2025Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.