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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
543 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
WEST CENTRAL HORRY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 542 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GAPWAY TO NEAR MARION TO NEAR PAMPLICO, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARION, MULLINS, HORRY, JOHNSONVILLE, PAMPLICO, GALIVANTS FERRY,
HYMAN, GAPWAY, POSTON, BRITTONS NECK, RAINS, GRESHAM, CLAUSSEN,
BAYBORO, KINGSBURG, AYNOR, AND CAROLINAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM - MARION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE, INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED, BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
WILMINGTON AT 1 800 697 3901.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3420 7952 3425 7931 3400 7900 3389 7922
3378 7953 3413 7966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 312DEG 16KT 3416 7930 3411 7943 3406 7957
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
ABW
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