801
WWUS82 KILM 162047
SPSILM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
447 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
NCZ099-105-107>109-162145-
INLAND NEW HANOVER NC-INLAND BRUNSWICK NC-COLUMBUS NC-
INLAND PENDER NC-COASTAL NEW HANOVER NC-
447 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NEW HANOVER
SOUTHWESTERN
PENDER...NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK AND EAST CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTIES
THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
AT 446 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHWEST, OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LELAND, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILMINGTON, LELAND, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, SOUTH MASONBORO ISLAND, NORTH
MASONBORO ISLAND, NORTHWEST, BISHOP, HIGHTSVILLE, CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE NORTH CAMPUS, WILMINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MYRTLE GROVE,
MASONBORO, MURRAYVILLE, CASTLE HAYNE, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT
WILMINGTON, PHOENIX, OGDEN, RIEGELWOOD, WINNABOW, AND MAYFAIRE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 414 AND 416.
INTERSTATE 140 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 20.
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 3420 7780 3415 7784 3408 7787 3408 7793
3411 7794 3407 7796 3406 7817 3432 7829
3443 7799 3427 7776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 323DEG 17KT 3434 7813
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
ABW
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