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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
520 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

NCZ105-107-109-252145-
Inland New Hanover NC-Inland Brunswick NC-Inland Pender NC-
520 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN NEW HANOVER...
SOUTHWESTERN PENDER AND NORTHEASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES THROUGH 545
PM EDT...

At 519 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Phoenix, or near Leland, moving 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...
Wilmington, Leland, Northwest, Hightsville, Cape Fear Community
College North Campus, Wrightsboro, Wilmington International Airport,
Silver Lake, Murrayville, University Of North Carolina At Wilmington,
Phoenix, Kings Grant, Windemere, Castle Hayne, Masonboro, Ogden,
Belville, Navassa, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, and Cape Fear
Hospital.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 between mile markers 415 and 416.
 Interstate 140 between mile markers 15 and 20.
 US Route 17 in Brunswick County between mile markers 43 and 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

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LAT...LON 3414 7790 3412 7793 3432 7817 3440 7812
      3433 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 293DEG 12KT 3431 7808

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

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