BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
311 PM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Robeson County in southeastern North Carolina...
Southwestern Bladen County in southeastern North Carolina...
Columbus County in southeastern North Carolina...
Southeastern Dillon County in northeastern South Carolina...
North central Horry County in northeastern South Carolina...
* Until 415 PM EDT.
* At 311 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fairmont, or
13 miles east of Dillon, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind
damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Lumberton, Whiteville, Fairmont, Tabor City, Chadbourn, Bladenboro,
Bethel, Lake Waccamaw, Fair Bluff, Lake View, Boardman, Hallsboro,
Nakina, Butters, Redbug, Hestertown, Council, Southeastern
Community College, Williams, and Carvers.
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.
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LAT...LON 3461 7873 3445 7836 3407 7870 3417 7903
3424 7913 3425 7913 3429 7917 3428 7919
3439 7935 3462 7921
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 272DEG 6KT 3445 7913
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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