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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
617 PM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina...
  Western Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina...
  Northwestern Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina...
  Central Florence County in northeastern South Carolina...
  Dillon County in northeastern South Carolina...
  Northwestern Horry County in northeastern South Carolina...
  Marion County in northeastern South Carolina...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 616 PM EDT, showers producing strong wind gusts were located
  along a line extending from near Antioch to Dillon to near Blue
  Brick, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 5:53 pm the Florence airport reported
           a gust of 58 mph.

  IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lumberton, Marion, Dillon, Whiteville, Mullins, Elizabethtown, Red
  Springs, Pembroke, Fairmont, Tabor City, St. Pauls, Chadbourn,
  Bladenboro, Latta, Pamplico, Rowland, Fair Bluff, Lake View,
  Sellers, and Boardman.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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.

Wind damage with these storms will occur before any rain or
lightning. Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover.
SEEK SHELTER inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows.

&&

LAT...LON 3490 7894 3484 7890 3485 7880 3485 7849
      3409 7881 3399 7964 3484 7927 3483 7919
      3495 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 265DEG 30KT 3487 7925 3416 7951

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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