03/29/2024
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AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN
COLUMBUS...SOUTHWESTERN BLADEN...EASTERN ROBESON...NORTHWESTERN
HORRY...MARION...SOUTHEASTERN DILLON AND SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE
COUNTIES...

AT 928 AM EST...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR GAPWAY...OR
NEAR MULLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. OOTHER STORMS WILL MOVE UP FROM THE SOUTH BEHIND THESE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUMBERTON...MARION...WHITEVILLE...MULLINS...ELIZABETHTOWN...FAIRMONT...
TABOR CITY...ST. PAULS...CHADBOURN...BLADENBORO...FAIR BLUFF...LAKE VIEW...
BOARDMAN...LAGOON...KINGSBURG...HOWELLSVILLE...TOLARSVILLE...ABBOTTSBURG...
SMITHBORO AND GALIVANTS FERRY.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND 207...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 209 AND 210...AND NEAR MILE MARKER 214.
 INTERSTATE 95 IN NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 34.
 US ROUTE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 365 AND 395.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT
IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

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