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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 18, 2026Pender County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this freeze warning at Mar 18, 2026, 4:57 PM EDT for Pender County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 19, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 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
Mar 18, 2026, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 19, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 19, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

County Pender County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 4:56 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Robeson16 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2026Every freeze warning in 2026

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.