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WFUS52 KILM 212035
TORILM
NCC129-141-212100-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
435 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN PENDER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
* AT 435 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER WINDEMERE, OR OVER WILMINGTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WILMINGTON, BAYSHORE, KINGS GRANT, LANDFALL, MAYFAIRE,
MURRAYVILLE, OGDEN, AND WINDEMERE AROUND 440 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE, INCLUDING TREES OR
LARGE LIMBS DOWNED, BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
WILMINGTON AT 1 800 697 3901.
LAT...LON 3428 7774 3423 7778 3422 7788 3427 7791
3443 7771 3434 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 243DEG 7KT 3425 7785
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
IGB
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