Special Weather Statement in Columbus County, North Carolina

Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED 8/13/2025 3:11:00 PM (UTC) Urgency: Expected Severity: Moderate Certainty: Observed
8/13/2025 3:11:00 PM until 8/13/2025 3:45:00 PM
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 310 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Longs, or 8 miles north of North Myrtle Beach Airport, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size 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... Sunset Beach, Little River, Iredell, Carolina Shores, Calabash, Grissettown, Longwood, Longs, Hammond, Pireway, Ash, Brooksville, and Sea Coast Medical Center.
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