Tornado Watch issued October 11 at 11:53AM EDT until October 11 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC

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TORNADO WATCH 680 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA BLADEN BRUNSWICK COLUMBUS NEW HANOVER PENDER IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA HORRY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLADENBORO, BOILING SPRING LAKES, BURGAW, CHADBOURN, CONWAY, ELIZABETHTOWN, GARDEN CITY, LAKE WACCAMAW, LELAND, LITTLE RIVER, LONG BEACH, MYRTLE BEACH, NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, OAK ISLAND, RED HILL, SOCASTEE, SOUTHPORT, SUNSET BEACH, SURF CITY, TABOR CITY, WHITEVILLE, AND WILMINGTON.

Event time
Source last updated
Current version retrieved
Provider
NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
Location
US
Severity
Extreme
area
Bladen, NC; Brunswick, NC; Columbus, NC; New Hanover, NC; Pender, NC; Horry, SC
event
Tornado Watch
onset
2026-10-11T11:53:00-04:00
states
["NC","SC"]
urgency
Future
certainty
Possible
effective
2026-10-11T11:53:00-04:00
message id
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f10e93b856468ac4e15097f1a7ccf708978549f9.002.1
references
["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.22376f177c3646e80ee4babb11cf2eefd8379349.001.1"]
message type
Update
location basis
Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
freshness minutes
60
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