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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2025, 5:29 PM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 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
- Jul 18, 2025, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2025, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Columbus County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jul 17, 7:39 PM EDT, 21 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 7:39 PM EDT, 21 hours 50 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 1:24 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 31 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marion | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marion | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 32 min |
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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.