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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2026, 1:21 PM EDT for Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2026, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 50
County Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 20, 7:26 PM EDT, 17 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 7:26 PM EDT, 17 hours 55 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 21, 2:12 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 17 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 48 min |
| Aug 21, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 65 min | |
| Aug 21, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Robeson | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender | 38 min |
| Aug 21, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Robeson | 58 min |
| Aug 21, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 67 min |
| Aug 21, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 64 min |
| Aug 21, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 4:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | Columbus | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 38 min |
| Aug 21, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 65 min | |
| Aug 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Columbus | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 12:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 48 min |
| Aug 21, 12:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 26 min |
| Aug 21, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence | 55 min |
| Aug 21, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 78 min |
| Aug 21, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 24 min |
| Aug 21, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence, Williamsburg | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 6:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Williamsburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Florence | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 44 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.