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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
559 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 2026

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Dillon County in northeastern South Carolina...
  Northwestern Horry County in northeastern South Carolina...
  Northeastern Marion County in northeastern South Carolina...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 558 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
  Cherry Grove, or 9 miles east of Mullins, moving southeast at 10
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Mullins, Loris, Lake View, Green Sea, and Nichols.

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.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning are 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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3422 7898 3410 7884 3400 7900 3420 7925
      3437 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 333DEG 9KT 3421 7909

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

ABW