060  
WWUS72 KILM 181852  
NPWILM  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
252 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
 
NCZ099-190000-  
/O.EXA.KILM.HT.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-260719T0000Z/  
COLUMBUS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LAKE WACCAMAW, TABOR CITY, CHADBOURN, AND  
WHITEVILLE  
252 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 109.  
 
* WHERE...COLUMBUS COUNTY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
NCZ087-096-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-054>056-058-059-190000-  
/O.CON.KILM.HT.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-260719T0000Z/  
ROBESON-BLADEN-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 MULLINS, MURRELLS INLET, SURF CITY, LELAND,  
NORTH HARTSVILLE, FLORENCE, CONWAY, NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, GEORGETOWN,  
BURGAW, SUNSET BEACH, ELIZABETHTOWN, WILMINGTON, BLADENBORO, LORIS,  
SEAGATE, DILLON, MYRTLE BEACH, BENNETTSVILLE, MASONBORO, SOCASTEE,  
GARDEN CITY, MCCOLL, ANDREWS, LONG BEACH, MARION, SOUTHPORT, BOILING  
SPRING LAKES, DARLINGTON, KINGSTREE, SHALLOTTE, RED HILL, LUMBERTON,  
OAK ISLAND, MYRTLE GROVE, HARTSVILLE, LITTLE RIVER, OGDEN, AYNOR, AND  
CAROLINA BEACH  
252 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 109.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH  
CAROLINA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 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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