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WWUS82 KILM 162028
SPSILM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
428 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
NCZ096-099-105-109-162100-
INLAND BRUNSWICK NC-COLUMBUS NC-INLAND PENDER NC-BLADEN NC-
428 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN PENDER
SOUTHEASTERN BLADEN...NORTH CENTRAL BRUNSWICK AND EAST CENTRAL
COLUMBUS COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 428 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LANDSPOUT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MALPASS
CORNER TO SANDYFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...LANDSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH, AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL.
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...
NORTHWEST, SANDYFIELD, POINT CASWELL, LONG CREEK, ROOKS, MALPASS
CORNER, MONTAGUE, CURRIE, WARDS CORNER, THE BOROUGH, DELCO,
RIEGELWOOD, AND ATKINSON.
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 3439 7795 3438 7796 3426 7825 3450 7831
3456 7808 3441 7789
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 328DEG 13KT 3447 7805 3438 7827
LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
ABW
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