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NWS tornado warnings cover Bladen then southeastern Sampson County, N.C.
NWS Wilmington warned east-central Bladen County until 1:30 p.m. EST Friday; NWS Raleigh then warned southeastern Sampson County until 2 p.m. EST for radar-indicated rotation near Lagoon.
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The National Weather Service in Wilmington issued a tornado warning at 1 p.m. EST Friday for east-central Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina, in effect until 1:30 p.m. EST1.
NWS said that at 1 p.m. EST a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Lisbon, or 7 miles southeast of Elizabethtown, moving east at 30 mph, and that the source was radar-indicated rotation1. The office said the storm would be near Lisbon around 1:05 p.m. EST and Lagoon around 1:10 p.m. EST, and listed White Lake among other locations that could be affected1.
The agency said flying debris would be dangerous without shelter, that mobile homes could be damaged or destroyed, and that damage to roofs, windows, vehicles and trees was likely1. NWS told people in the warned area to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built building away from windows, and to leave vehicles and mobile homes for substantial shelter1.
At 1:20 p.m. EST, the National Weather Service in Raleigh issued a tornado warning for southeastern Sampson County until 2 p.m. EST. NWS said that at 1:19 p.m. EST a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was near Lagoon, or 14 miles east of Elizabethtown, moving northeast at 30 mph, based on radar-indicated rotation. The office said the storm would be near Harrells around 1:30 p.m. EST and listed Ivanhoe among other locations. The warning replaced a severe thunderstorm warning for the same area and said torrential rain with the storm may lead to flash flooding.