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WWUS82 KILM 151758
SPSILM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
158 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2026
NCZ106>109-151830-
INLAND NEW HANOVER NC-INLAND BRUNSWICK NC-COASTAL PENDER NC-
COASTAL NEW HANOVER NC-
158 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NEW HANOVER
SOUTHEASTERN
PENDER AND EAST CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...
AT 158 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
WINDEMERE, OR NEAR WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILMINGTON, CAROLINA BEACH, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, KURE BEACH, SOUTH
MASONBORO ISLAND, SNOWS CUT, NORTH MASONBORO ISLAND, FIGURE EIGHT
ISLAND, HIGHTSVILLE, WILMINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MYRTLE GROVE,
MASONBORO, MURRAYVILLE, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON,
SCOTTS HILL, OGDEN, MAYFAIRE, SILVER LAKE, SEA BREEZE, AND WINDEMERE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3427 7775 3417 7783 3408 7787 3397 7791
3404 7793 3410 7793 3411 7794 3410 7795
3428 7800 3432 7777 3432 7776 3434 7767
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 341DEG 13KT 3424 7784
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
LEW
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