Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued by NWS Wilmington, NC

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
643 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Horry County in northeastern South Carolina...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 643 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Forestbrook,
  or over Socastee, moving northeast at 20 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind
           damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach Airport, Socastee,
  North Myrtle Beach Airport, Red Hill, Horry Georgetown Technical
  College Conway Campus, Bucksville, Hand, Barefoot Landing Area Of
  North Myrtle Beach, Nixonville, Forestbrook, Hammond, Coastal
  Carolina University, Briarcliffe Acres, Atlantic Beach, Lighthouse
  Care Center Of Conway, Conway Medical Center, and Grand Strand
  Regional Medical Center.

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.

Large hail, damaging wind, and 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 3372 7912 3396 7887 3382 7868 3380 7871
      3374 7882 3370 7886 3363 7900
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 226DEG 19KT 3372 7900

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

VAO