Tornado Warning issued October 11 at 1:01PM EDT until October 11 at 1:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
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At 101 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Sandyfield, or 21 miles northwest of Leland, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Tornado. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. Locations impacted include... Rowan, Rooks, Point Caswell, Wards Corner, Kelly and Atkinson. Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built building away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- NC, US
- Severity
- Extreme
- area
- Bladen, NC; Pender, NC
- event
- Tornado Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-11T13:01:00-04:00
- states
- ["NC"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-11T13:01:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8f1bfbe4bf20ba9e294b060025613d459dc6c18e.002.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.64cca1447e3c132809dd5d907d32518b5a965d1a.001.1"]
- instruction
- Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built building away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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