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Special Marine Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 11, 2026

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special marine warning at May 11, 2026, 5:21 PM EDT. It was in force for 114 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: May 11, 2026, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2026, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 34.0 mph

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at May 11, 2:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 2:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 2:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 2:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 3:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 3:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 3:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 3:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 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
May 11, 11:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	49 min
May 11, 11:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	35 min
May 11, 12:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	57 min
May 11, 12:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	26 min
May 11, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		54 min
May 11, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Pender	38 min
May 11, 1:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Pender	40 min
May 11, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		98 min
May 11, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		66 min
May 11, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	59 min
May 11, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILM	Columbus	29 min
May 11, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		67 min
May 11, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	46 min
May 11, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		60 min
May 11, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		94 min
May 11, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		90 min
May 11, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		64 min
May 11, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		29 min
May 11, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		34 min
May 11, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marion	43 min
May 11, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	51 min
May 11, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	44 min
May 11, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon	32 min
May 11, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	45 min
May 11, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Williamsburg	58 min
May 11, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	27 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.