507  
WWUS82 KILM 232117  
SPSILM  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
517 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2026  
 
NCZ105-107-109-232145-  
INLAND NEW HANOVER NC-INLAND BRUNSWICK NC-INLAND PENDER NC-  
517 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN NEW HANOVER  
SOUTH  
CENTRAL PENDER AND NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM  
EDT...  
 
AT 517 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
BATARORA, OR NEAR LELAND, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.  
 
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...  
LELAND, NORTHWEST, BATARORA, PHOENIX, WRIGHTSBORO, NAVASSA, AND SANDY  
CREEK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 140 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 19.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3419 7811 3428 7819 3442 7804 3431 7788  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 236DEG 17KT 3427 7811  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
VAO  
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