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WWUS82 KILM 161858
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
258 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
NCZ109-161930-
INLAND BRUNSWICK NC-
258 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTY THROUGH
330 PM EDT...
AT 257 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LANDSPOUT OVER MAKATOKA, OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
SHALLOTTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...LANDSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH, AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS
COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED
OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HONEY ISLAND AND MAKATOKA.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3407 7819 3402 7842 3416 7840 3418 7838
3420 7827
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 344DEG 4KT 3414 7836
LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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