Severe Storms Possible Wednesday

The National Weather Service Wilmington office is warning of possible severe storms for our area tomorrow (Wednesday, March 5, 2025). This is expected to bring damaging wind gusts over 60 mph, and a few tornadoes are possible. According to the latest briefing, the thunderstorms will move from west to east and pass through the coastal … Continued

Winter Weather Advisory and A Few Updates

Key Information: Reminders & Events: Winter Weather Advisory A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for NE SC and SE NC through tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 10:00 a.m. The key messages from the National Weather Service Wilmington Office’s latest briefing are: Village Operations for 2/20 Village offices will be closed on Thursday, 2/20 with office … Continued

Updates and Reminders

KEY INFORMATION: REMINDERS & EVENTS: Smoke Testing The Village of Bald Head Island has contracted Withers Ravenel to conduct a smoke test survey in two areas of the island — near the BHI marina and a section of S Bald Head Wynd near Muscadine east to Kinross Court — (map HERE), beginning tomorrow, Friday, January 31. … Continued

Winter Weather Update

KEY INFORMATION: Impacts on Transportation According to National Weather Service Wilmington, areas of Brunswick County received between 1.9 and 5 inches of snowfall since yesterday. While the clouds associated with the winter storm have shifted off the coast, low temperatures are expected to remain which will cause melting snow to quickly refreeze once the sun … Continued

Winter Weather Update

KEY INFORMATION: Latest Briefing The key takeaways from National Weather Service Wilmington’s latest briefing (as of 4:15 PM today): Village Operations Guidance for Islanders Severe Weather Event Webpage The Severe Weather Event webpage for the Village of Bald Head Island will be updated throughout this weather event.

Winter Weather Notice

KEY INFORMATION: Latest Briefing The latest briefing from National Weather Service Wilmington indicates dangerous, near-record cold temperatures/wind chills are expected between Monday through Thursday in our area.  Confidence continues to increase regarding the potential for wintry precipitation Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning, although snow/ice amounts are still uncertain and will be highly dependent on the … Continued

Updates and Reminders

KEY INFORMATION: REMINDERS & EVENTS: Overhead Cutting Fitness Tree is performing overhead cutting for the Village this week. Public Works crew members will escort the Fitness Tree crew and do traffic control as they cut along several roads on the island. Efforts will be made to allow for as much traffic flow as possible. For … Continued

Updates and Reminders

KEY INFORMATION: REMINDERS & EVENTS: 2025 CSDR Project The Village’s dredging contractor has equipment staged next to Battery Island and near Beach Access #11 (Sandpiper Trail) and the dredge Savannah has arrived!  Sand placement was due to start this week but has not started yet. The Village will be updating the project webpage (HERE) and … Continued

Prepare for Freezing Temperatures

According to the National Weather Service Wilmington office, the coldest air of the season is setting in and temperatures today will be unseasonably cold across the area with temperatures running 10 to 15 degrees below normal. Please review our tips for preventing and thawing frozen pipes HERE.  While the Village is not recommending it, a few … Continued

Village Responds to Questions Raised After PTC 8

One week to the day that the Village began its response to the stormwater flooding due to Potential Tropical Storm #8, Chris McCall, Village Manager, sent a message to Islanders. The message included the actions the Village had been taking since the storm dumped 20 inches of rain on the island instead of the predicted … Continued