NWS Wilmington NCSV.W 0081August 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Bladen, NC
The National Weather Service office in Wilmington issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Bladen in North Carolina, which was in force until 6:45 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 81st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Wilmington issued in 2026. North Carolina had 208 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 98 in an average August of 2008-2025 (North Carolina's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wilmington NC
- Area
- Bladen
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:59 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 6:45 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KILM SV.W 0081
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina since 2008Every warning type in North Carolina
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The notice as issued
SVRILM The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North central Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 558 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ammon, or 13 miles north of Elizabethtown, moving east at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Ammon.
What the agency told people to do
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please send your reports of hail or wind damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Wilmington at 1 800 697 3901.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina since 2008734 a year
- Every warning type in North Carolina
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels