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WWUS82 KILM 161943
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
343 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
NCZ087-096-099-162030-
ROBESON NC-COLUMBUS NC-BLADEN NC-
343 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL ROBESON
SOUTHWESTERN BLADEN AND NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES THROUGH 430
PM EDT...
AT 342 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM BUTTERS TO NEAR ABBOTTSBURG TO NEAR
ELIZABETHTOWN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH, TORRENTIAL RAINFALL, 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...
ELIZABETHTOWN, BLADENBORO, BLADEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ABBOTTSBURG,
LISBON, BUTTERS, LAGOON, ELKTON, EMERSON, CLARKTON, WHITE LAKE,
DUBLIN, AND BLADEN COUNTY HOSPITAL.
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 3438 7881 3442 7854 3449 7836 3470 7856
3469 7875 3462 7891
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 320DEG 14KT 3456 7884 3458 7868 3464 7857
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
ABW
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