418  
WWUS82 KILM 162102  
SPSILM  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
502 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
SCZ024-033-162130-  
MARION SC-DILLON SC-  
502 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN DILLON AND NORTH  
CENTRAL MARION COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...  
 
AT 502 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
DILLON, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 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...  
MARION, DILLON, LATTA, LAKE VIEW, SELLERS, FLOYDALE, FORK, ZION,  
HAMER, SMITHBORO, KEMPER, AND MCLEOD MEDICAL CENTER.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS  
184 AND 197.  
 
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 3439 7952 3450 7934 3429 7912 3417 7946  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 330DEG 6KT 3438 7938  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
ABW  
 
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