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At 457 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Bucksport, or near Socastee, moving southwest at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and 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... Conway, Socastee, Murrells Inlet, Red Hill, Garden City, Myrtle Beach Airport, Burgess, Bucksville, Bucksport, Dongola, Plantersville, Forestbrook, Yauhannah, Coastal Carolina University, Horry Georgetown Technical College Conway Campus, Waccamaw Community Hospital, Lighthouse Care Center Of Conway, and Conway Medical Center. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Where it happened
Marion; Coastal Horry; Inland Georgetown; Coastal Georgetown; Central Horry · 33.510°, -79.224°
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- official severity
- Moderate
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- areas
- Marion; Coastal Horry; Inland Georgetown; Coastal Georgetown; Central Horry
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At 457 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Bucksport, or near Socastee, moving southwest at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and 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... Conway, Socastee, Murrells Inlet, Red Hill, Garden City, Myrtle Beach Airport, Burgess, Bucksville, Bucksport, Dongola, Plantersville, Forestbrook, Yauhannah, Coastal Carolina University, Horry Georgetown Technical College Conway Campus, Waccamaw Community Hospital, Lighthouse Care Center Of Conway, and Conway Medical Center. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.