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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
255 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NCZ105-106-161930-
COASTAL PENDER NC-INLAND PENDER NC-
255 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN PENDER COUNTY THROUGH
330 PM EDT...
AT 254 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
WRIGHTSBORO, OR NEAR WILMINGTON, 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...
BURGAW, HAMPSTEAD, WHITE STOCKING, ROCKY POINT, TOPSAIL, MAPLE HILL,
ASHTON, WOODSIDE, EDGECOMB, SCOTTS HILL, AND ST. HELENA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 399 AND 413.
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 3431 7776 3435 7781 3437 7782 3438 7781
3439 7782 3436 7789 3438 7790 3438 7792
3436 7793 3437 7794 3437 7796 3438 7796
3437 7799 3436 7798 3434 7799 3433 7804
3472 7782 3472 7773 3469 7767 3447 7757
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 217DEG 45KT 3431 7792
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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