Special Weather Statement
NWS Wilmington NC ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact New Hanover...Pender And Northeastern Brunswick Counties Through 830 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 741 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an outflow boundary and strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Rooks to near Ashton to near Topsail. Movement was south at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Wilmington, Burgaw, Wrightsville Beach, Surf City, Figure Eight Island, Rich Inlet, Johnny Mercer Pier, Hampstead, Northwest, Topsail Beach, Point Caswell, Hightsville, Long Creek, Cape Fear Community College North Campus, Ashton, Wilmington International Airport, Murrayville, Rocky Point, Currie, and Castle Hayne. This includes the following highways... Interstate 40 between mile markers 398 and 416. Interstate 140 between mile markers 15 and 20.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Strong wind gusts may occur prior to any rain as the outflow boundary moves through.
Affected areas
- Inland Pender
- Coastal Pender
- Inland New Hanover
- Coastal New Hanover
- Inland Brunswick
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wilmington NC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~50s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2VEDF7DA18KW72E4NPXHX4Y
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.38738f1a84beb595a4a90de68c74b0d6e33a0226.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Wilmington NC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPILM
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.9504
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSILM |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS82 KILM 182342 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NEW HANOVER...PENDER AND NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T23:41:00-00:00...storm...350DEG...17KT...34.53,-78.13 34.47,-77.95 34.44,-77.73 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Inland Pender
- Coastal Pender
- Inland New Hanover
- Coastal New Hanover
- Inland Brunswick
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037141 |
| SAME | 037129 |
| SAME | 037019 |
| UGC | NCZ105 |
| UGC | NCZ106 |
| UGC | NCZ107 |
| UGC | NCZ108 |
| UGC | NCZ109 |
- Polygons
- 34.32,-77.69 34.2,-77.8 34.2,-77.9 34.33,-78.17 34.36,-78.16 34.35,-78.18 34.45,-78.19 34.46,-78.18 34.48,-78.2 34.59,-78.22 34.65,-78.18 34.59,-77.95 34.54,-77.6 34.48,-77.58 34.46,-77.54 34.44,-77.52 34.32,-77.69