Special Weather Statement in Forsyth County, North Carolina
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED7/31/2025 7:11:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: ModerateCertainty: Observed
7/31/2025 7:11:00 AM until 7/31/2025 8:00:00 AM
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.
At 709 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms over Murrells Inlet, moving east and northeast at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph, frequent cloud to groudn
lightning, and torrential rainfall.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. There is also a with potential for
localizedwith the potential for localized flooding in poor
drainage areas. flooding in poor drainage areas.
Locations impacted include...
Myrtle Beach, Georgetown, Surfside Beach, Pawleys Island, Myrtle
Beach Airport, Socastee, Red Hill, Springmaid Pier, Garden City,
Murrells Inlet, Horry Georgetown Technical College Conway Campus,
Nixonville, Bucksport, Plantersville, Burgess, Bucksville, Hand,
Forestbrook, Yauhannah, and Coastal Carolina University.