139  
WWUS72 KILM 180619  
NPWILM  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
219 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
 
NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-054>056-058-059-  
181900-  
/O.NEW.KILM.HT.Y.0016.260718T1500Z-260719T0000Z/  
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW  
HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-  
MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-  
COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-CENTRAL HORRY-  
NORTHERN HORRY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SOCASTEE, GARDEN CITY, BOILING SPRING LAKES,  
LITTLE RIVER, ELIZABETHTOWN, MCCOLL, BURGAW, LELAND, LAKE WACCAMAW,  
HARTSVILLE, CAROLINA BEACH, NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SUNSET BEACH,  
GEORGETOWN, TABOR CITY, BLADENBORO, MARION, AYNOR, LUMBERTON, LORIS,  
CONWAY, FLORENCE, LONG BEACH, BENNETTSVILLE, DILLON, MYRTLE BEACH,  
SOUTHPORT, OAK ISLAND, OGDEN, WHITEVILLE, DARLINGTON, SHALLOTTE,  
NORTH HARTSVILLE, MURRELLS INLET, ANDREWS, SEAGATE, CHADBOURN,  
WILMINGTON, MASONBORO, MYRTLE GROVE, KINGSTREE, SURF CITY, MULLINS,  
AND RED HILL  
219 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
 
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 108 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH  
CAROLINA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT  
ILLNESSES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF  
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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