025  
WWUS82 KILM 062000  
SPSILM  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
400 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026  
 
SCZ023-062045-  
DARLINGTON SC-  
400 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN DARLINGTON COUNTY  
THROUGH 445 PM EDT...  
 
AT 400 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
OATS, OR NEAR HARTSVILLE, MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE 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...  
HARTSVILLE, NORTH HARTSVILLE, CLYDE, OATS, LYDIA, AUBURN, SWIFT  
CREEK, KELLYTOWN, AND CAROLINA PINES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 131.  
INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR MILE MARKER 146.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD  
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH  
FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3442 8018 3444 7991 3421 7995 3420 8011  
3423 8011 3427 8014 3428 8013 3430 8016  
3433 8018 3436 8018 3437 8019 3434 8021  
3433 8024 3434 8025 3435 8028 3437 8029  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 179DEG 7KT 3427 8008  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
RJB  
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