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Special Weather Statement
ExpiredColumbus; Inland Pender; Inland New Hanover; Coastal New Hanover; Inland Brunswick
Status
Ended
Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
expired
Issued
Severity
Moderate
Urgency
Expected
Certainty
Observed
Details
At 446 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Northwest, or 9 miles northwest of Leland, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and torrential rainfall.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include... Wilmington, Leland, Wrightsville Beach, South Masonboro Island, North Masonboro Island, Northwest, Bishop, Hightsville, Cape Fear Community College North Campus, Wilmington International Airport, Myrtle Grove, Masonboro, Murrayville, Castle Hayne, University Of North Carolina At Wilmington, Phoenix, Ogden, Riegelwood, Winnabow, and Mayfaire.
This includes the following highways... Interstate 40 between mile markers 414 and 416. Interstate 140 between mile markers 15 and 20.
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