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WWUS82 KILM 161939
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
339 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
NCZ096-105-162045-
INLAND PENDER NC-BLADEN NC-
339 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN PENDER AND
SOUTHEASTERN BLADEN COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 338 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WILLARD TO NEAR PENDERLEA TO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HARRELLS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
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...
BURGAW, ROWAN, PENDERLEA, POINT CASWELL, MURRAY TOWN, ROOKS, MALPASS
CORNER, WILLARD, CURRIE, WARDS CORNER, ST. HELENA, ATKINSON, WATHA,
AND PENDER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 389 AND 404.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3471 7798 3472 7793 3451 7783 3444 7807
3448 7840 3472 7838 3470 7837 3469 7835
3467 7832 3465 7832 3464 7831 3463 7832
3461 7831 3458 7826 3455 7825 3468 7816
3471 7811 3472 7811 3473 7801
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 345DEG 9KT 3470 7801 3467 7813 3469 7831
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
ABW
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