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WWUS82 KILM 010046
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
846 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

NCZ099-107>110-010130-
Inland New Hanover NC-Inland Brunswick NC-Columbus NC-
Coastal New Hanover NC-Coastal Brunswick NC-
846 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NEW HANOVER...EASTERN BRUNSWICK
AND EASTERN COLUMBUS COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT...

At 846 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Batarora to near Mill
Creek to Bald Head Island. Movement was east at 40 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...
Bishop, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, South Masonboro Island,
Wrightsville Beach, Hightsville, Southport, Cape Fear Community
College North Campus, Cape Fear Hospital, Snows Cut, Bald Head
Island, Wilmington International Airport, Myrtle Grove, Masonboro,
Murrayville, Castle Hayne, University Of North Carolina At
Wilmington, Belville, Phoenix, Navassa, and Ogden.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 between mile markers 414 and 416.
 Interstate 140 between mile markers 15 and 20.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 3415 7784 3391 7795 3384 7796 3386 7801
      3388 7800 3390 7808 3408 7812 3424 7837
      3437 7812 3434 7808 3433 7803 3434 7799
      3437 7799 3438 7796 3436 7793 3438 7792
      3436 7789 3439 7782 3427 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 262DEG 36KT 3419 7819 3410 7803 3385 7798

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

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LEW