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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
336 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
NCZ099-162000-
COLUMBUS NC-
336 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT COLUMBUS COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM
EDT...
AT 335 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TABOR CITY, OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITEVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITEVILLE, TABOR CITY, CHADBOURN, BETHEL, LAKE WACCAMAW, HALLSBORO,
NAKINA, AND WILLIAMS.
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...AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3446 7865 3445 7866 3445 7862 3443 7860
3437 7843 3402 7874 3420 7896 3447 7876
3447 7867
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 216DEG 47KT 3411 7887
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
TRA
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