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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
556 PM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025

SCZ023-032-312300-
Florence SC-Darlington SC-
556 PM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN FLORENCE AND CENTRAL
DARLINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

At 555 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles south of Camden to near Bishopville to
Lydia. Movement was east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Florence, Darlington, Timmonsville, Lamar, Quinby, Mont Clare, Mars
Bluff, Lydia, Darlington Raceway, Swift Creek, Florence Darlington
Technical College Main Campus, Mechanicsville, Oats, Floyd, Francis
Marion University, Mcleod Regional Medical Center, Carolinas Hospital
System - Cedar Tower, and Health South Rehabilitation Hospital.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 20 between mile markers 126 and 141.
 Interstate 95 in South Carolina near mile marker 146, and between
mile markers 157 and 172.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 3437 7999 3442 7973 3441 7972 3439 7972
      3431 7967 3418 7965 3411 8011 3416 8016
      3420 8011 3423 8011 3427 8014 3428 8013
      3430 8016 3432 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 275DEG 8KT 3414 8057 3421 8034 3427 8009

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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