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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
440 PM EDT Tue Aug 11 2026

NCZ096-105-112115-
Inland Pender NC-Bladen NC-
440 PM EDT Tue Aug 11 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN PENDER AND EAST CENTRAL
BLADEN COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

At 439 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Rowan, or 17 miles east of Elizabethtown, moving east...southeast at
15 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...
Burgaw, Rowan, Penderlea, Point Caswell, Long Creek, Murray Town,
Rooks, Malpass Corner, Montague, Willard, Currie, Wards Corner, The
Borough, St. Helena, Atkinson, Watha, and Pender Memorial Hospital.

This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 391 and 399.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3468 7783 3433 7802 3454 7843 3469 7836
      3469 7835 3468 7835 3467 7832 3465 7832
      3464 7831 3463 7832 3461 7831 3458 7826
      3455 7825 3468 7816 3470 7812
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 292DEG 14KT 3461 7831

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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