949
WWUS82 KILM 162131
SPSILM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
531 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
SCZ024-032-033-059-162215-
MARION SC-NORTHERN HORRY SC-FLORENCE SC-DILLON SC-
531 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE
SOUTHEASTERN DILLON...NORTHWESTERN HORRY AND MARION COUNTIES THROUGH
615 PM EDT...
AT 531 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FAIR BLUFF TO NEAR MARION TO NEAR
EVERGREEN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH, PEA SIZE HAIL, AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL.
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...
MARION, MULLINS, PAMPLICO, LAKE VIEW, GALIVANTS FERRY, FORK, ZION,
HYMAN, HANNAH, GAPWAY, RAINS, SMITHBORO, KEMPER, NICHOLS, AND
CAROLINAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM - MARION.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3420 7953 3437 7915 3418 7893 3385 7959
3410 7966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 313DEG 13KT 3431 7908 3412 7946 3405 7963
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
ABW
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