703  
WWUS82 KILM 162308  
SPSILM  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
708 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
NCZ096-099-105-109-SCZ059-170015-  
INLAND BRUNSWICK NC-COLUMBUS NC-INLAND PENDER NC-BLADEN NC-  
NORTHERN HORRY SC-  
708 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
   
..GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PENDER...CENTRAL BLADEN  
 
NORTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK...COLUMBUS AND EAST CENTRAL HORRY COUNTIES  
THROUGH 815 PM EDT...  
 
AT 708 PM EDT, A LINE OF SHOWERS PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS  
EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR JEROME TO BLADENBORO, TO CHADBOURN,  
TO GREEN SEA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...PUBLIC.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
WHITEVILLE, SHALLOTTE, LAKE WACCAMAW, MAKATOKA, POINT CASWELL,  
NAKINA, REDBUG, LONGWOOD, COUNCIL, WILLIAMS, ASH, GORETOWN, AND  
RIEGELWOOD.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3481 7845 3479 7844 3475 7839 3473 7839  
3472 7838 3470 7837 3469 7835 3467 7832  
3461 7831 3458 7826 3455 7825 3468 7816  
3471 7811 3472 7811 3473 7807 3397 7832  
3397 7887 3484 7849  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 267DEG 34KT 3481 7868 3403 7893  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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