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

SCZ054-058-059-252145-
Northern Horry SC-Coastal Horry SC-Central Horry SC-
513 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN HORRY COUNTY THROUGH
545 PM EDT...

At 512 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms over Horry Georgetown Technical College Conway Campus,
or near Red Hill, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea to half inch 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...
Myrtle Beach, Conway, North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Myrtle
Beach Airport, Socastee, Red Hill, Little River, Garden City, North
Myrtle Beach Airport, Cherry Grove Inlet, Little River Entrance,
Hickory Grove, Homewood, Horry Georgetown Technical College Conway
Campus, Nixonville, Barefoot Landing Area Of North Myrtle Beach,
Wampee, Goretown, and Cherry Grove Beach.

This includes the following highways...
 SC Highway 31 between mile markers 5 and 24.
 SC Highway 22 between mile markers 10 and 26.

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 3382 7922 3407 7880 3385 7854 3382 7867
      3377 7877 3370 7888 3357 7900 3357 7902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 224DEG 13KT 3381 7899

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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