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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 27, 2025Bladen County, Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2025, 4:31 PM EDT for Bladen County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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 27, 2025, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2025, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bladen County, NC, Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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 26, 7:33 PM EDT, 20 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 7:33 PM EDT, 20 hours 58 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 1:31 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMNew Hanover13 hr
Jul 27, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMCumberland52 min
Jul 27, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMBladen, Robeson49 min
Jul 27, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMPender44 min
Jul 27, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMPender23 min
Jul 27, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMNew Hanover30 min
Jul 27, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMNew Hanover27 min
Jul 27, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningILM44 min
Jul 27, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMNew Hanover31 min
Jul 27, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarlboro30 min
Jul 27, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMMarlboro27 min
Jul 27, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILMDarlington34 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.