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WWUS82 KILM 161903
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
303 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
NCZ087-161930-
ROBESON NC-
303 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL ROBESON COUNTY
THROUGH 330 PM EDT...
AT 302 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PROSPECT, OR NEAR RED SPRINGS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED SPRINGS, PEMBROKE, BUIE, ROBESON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WAKULLA,
PROSPECT, BARKER TEN MILE, SHANNON, ELROD, AND RENNERT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 IN NORTH CAROLINA NEAR MILE MARKER 23.
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.
LAT...LON 3481 7931 3485 7911 3468 7899 3460 7931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 344DEG 3KT 3476 7920
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
ABW
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