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WWUS82 KILM 162058
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
458 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
SCZ023-032-162145-
FLORENCE SC-DARLINGTON SC-
458 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN FLORENCE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL DARLINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
AT 458 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER TIMMONSVILLE, OR 9 MILES WEST OF FLORENCE, MOVING
SOUTHEAST 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...
FLORENCE, TIMMONSVILLE, LAMAR, SARDIS, EFFINGHAM, MARS BLUFF,
CARTERSVILLE, FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY, NEW HOPE, SCRANTON, COWARD,
CAROLINAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM, MCLEOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, CAROLINAS
HOSPITAL SYSTEM - CEDAR TOWER, AND HEALTH SOUTH REHABILITATION
HOSPITAL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 141.
INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146 AND 163.
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 8011 3422 8011 3423 8010 3422 7962
3392 7975 3400 7990 3401 7991 3404 7999
3406 8001 3406 8002 3408 8003 3409 8008
3411 8010 3413 8013 3416 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 296DEG 8KT 3413 7994
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
ABW
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