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SKYWARN · South Carolina · North Carolina

NWS Wilmington ILM

14 counties, 4 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.

📺 Wall mode#sc-wx#nc-wx

Nothing active from this office

NWS checked 11:27 PM

Radar

NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour
KLTX radar loop

Deeper look: KLTX interactive ↗ · KLTX at College of DuPage ↗ · KCAE interactive ↗ · KCAE at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.

Satellite

GOES-East · SE sector · GeoColor
GOES-East · SE sector · GeoColor satellite image

NOAA STAR · updates every 5 min · all bands ↗

SPC outlook · day 1

categorical
SPC day 1 convective outlook

Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗

Reports taken by this office today

0 · SPC preliminary
No spotter reports logged by ILM so far today (UTC).

Cameras near the office

none listed yet
No cameras listed near Wilmington yet. Know one?

Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.

SKYWARN & weather nets for this office

Suggest or fix one →
No net is listed for NWS Wilmington yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.

NOAA Weather Radio in this area

10 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after
162.400 MHz KEC95 · Aynorcovers Brunswick (W), Columbus (S) · 1000 W · NWS Wilmington
162.550 MHz KHB31 · Winnabowcovers Bladen (E), Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender · 1000 W · NWS Wilmington
162.500 MHz WNG628 · Georgetowncovers Georgetown, Williamsburg · 300 W · NWS Wilmington
162.550 MHz WXJ22 · Florencecovers Chesterfield (S), Clarendon (N), Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Kershaw (E), Lee, Marion, Marlboro (S), Sumter (E), Williamsburg · 1000 W · NWS Wilmington
162.475 MHz WXL50 · Saint Paulscovers Dillon, Marlboro · 1000 W · NWS Wilmington
162.550 MHz KHB29 · Charlestoncovers Berkeley, Charleston, Clarendon (S), Colleton (E), Dorchester, Georgetown (SW), Orangeburg (S), Williamsburg (S) · 1000 W · NWS Charleston
162.425 MHz KXI95 · Warsawcovers Bladen, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pender, Sampson, Wayne · 300 W · NWS Newport/Morehead City
162.400 MHz WNG597 · Ellerbecovers Chesterfield, Marlboro · 300 W · NWS Raleigh
162.450 MHz WXK90 · Cherawcovers Chesterfield, Darlington, Lee (NORTH), Marlboro · 300 W · NWS Columbia
162.475 MHz WXM93 · Crosscovers Berkeley (N), Clarendon, Orangeburg (SE), Williamsburg (NW) · 100 W · NWS Charleston

What to report, and where

Size charts and the full guide →
🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud
  • ·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
  • ·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
  • ·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
  • ·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving
🧊 Hail
  • ·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
  • ·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
  • ·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground
💨 Wind
  • ·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
  • ·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
  • ·Say whether it was measured or estimated
🌊 Flooding
  • ·Water over a road, especially moving water
  • ·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
  • ·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge
❄️ Winter
  • ·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
  • ·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
  • ·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting
🚫 Not this
  • ·Lightning and thunder on their own
  • ·Rain that isn't causing flooding
  • ·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary
  1. 1 · The net, if one is up

    When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.

  2. 2 · The office directly

    No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS Wilmington. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.

  3. 3 · Tell the room here

    /report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #nc-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.

Counties served by NWS Wilmington · 14
NCC017 Bladen
NCC019 Brunswick
NCC047 Columbus
NCC129 New Hanover
NCC141 Pender
NCC155 Robeson
SCC031 Darlington
SCC033 Dillon
SCC041 Florence
SCC043 Georgetown
SCC051 Horry
SCC067 Marion
SCC069 Marlboro
SCC089 Williamsburg