073  
WWUS72 KILM 200629  
NPWILM  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
229 AM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
SCZ017-023-032-039-210000-  
/O.EXB.KILM.HT.Y.0031.260820T1500Z-260821T0000Z/  
MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-FLORENCE-WILLIAMSBURG-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCCOLL, FLORENCE, BENNETTSVILLE, NORTH  
HARTSVILLE, KINGSTREE, HARTSVILLE, AND DARLINGTON  
229 AM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 106 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...DARLINGTON, FLORENCE, MARLBORO, AND WILLIAMSBURG COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT  
ILLNESSES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF  
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.  
 

 
 

 
 
NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ024-033-054>056-058-059-210000-  
/O.EXT.KILM.HT.Y.0031.260820T1500Z-260821T0000Z/  
ROBESON-BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW  
HANOVER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-  
DILLON-MARION-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-  
CENTRAL HORRY-NORTHERN HORRY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CHADBOURN, AYNOR, LUMBERTON, GARDEN CITY,  
LORIS, MYRTLE BEACH, CONWAY, LELAND, MULLINS, SUNSET BEACH, TABOR  
CITY, LONG BEACH, BLADENBORO, SOUTHPORT, SOCASTEE, WHITEVILLE, LITTLE  
RIVER, LAKE WACCAMAW, RED HILL, OGDEN, SURF CITY, CAROLINA BEACH,  
BURGAW, BOILING SPRING LAKES, SHALLOTTE, MARION, SEAGATE, GEORGETOWN,  
MURRELLS INLET, DILLON, ELIZABETHTOWN, ANDREWS, WILMINGTON, OAK  
ISLAND, MYRTLE GROVE, NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, AND MASONBORO  
229 AM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT  
THIS EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 109 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH  
CAROLINA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT  
ILLNESSES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF  
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.  
 

 
 

 
 
ABW  
 
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