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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
229 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NCZ106>110-161915-
INLAND NEW HANOVER NC-INLAND BRUNSWICK NC-COASTAL PENDER NC-
COASTAL NEW HANOVER NC-COASTAL BRUNSWICK NC-
229 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NEW HANOVER
SOUTHEASTERN
PENDER AND EASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
AT 229 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
OCEAN CREST PIER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILMINGTON, LELAND, OAK ISLAND, CAROLINA BEACH, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH,
KURE BEACH, FIGURE EIGHT ISLAND, BOILING SPRING LAKES, ST. JAMES,
SOUTHPORT, AND HIGHTSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 NEAR MILE MARKER 416.
INTERSTATE 140 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 20.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3427 7775 3415 7784 3391 7795 3384 7796
3386 7801 3388 7800 3387 7802 3389 7802
3391 7811 3391 7834 3434 7808 3433 7779
3432 7777 3433 7774 3433 7767
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 214DEG 42KT 3394 7819
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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