NWS Wilmington NCTO.W 0007October 11, 2026
Tornado Warning: Columbus and Horry, NC and SC
The National Weather Service office in Wilmington issued a tornado warning for Columbus and Horry in North Carolina, South Carolina, which was in force until 11:45 a.m. local time on October 11. It was the 7th tornado warning the NWS office in Wilmington issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 9 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wilmington NC
- Area
- Columbus and Horry
- State
- North Carolina
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 11:36 a.m. EDT, October 11, 2026
- Expires
- 11:45 a.m. EDT, October 11, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Extreme, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KILM TO.W 0007
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Tornado Warnings in North Carolina since 2008Every warning type in North Carolina
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The notice as issued
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM EDT Sunday for portions of southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina.
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The record around this notice
- Tornado Warnings in North Carolina since 2008103 a year
- Every warning type in North Carolina
- Tornado Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most2,804 a year
- NWS notices, October 20266,201 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels