Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 8 at 1:45PM EDT until June 8 at 2:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 8, 2025 - 10:45am
Expires:
June 8, 2025 - 11:15am
Description:
At 145 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Yauhannah to near DeBordieu Colony to North Santee,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Georgetown, DeBordieu Colony, Surfside Beach, Pawleys Island, Garden
City, Murrells Inlet, Yawkey South Island, Winyah Bay Entrance, North
Santee, Burgess, Oatland, Sampit, Plantersville, Graves, Yauhannah,
Litchfield Beach, Waccamaw Community Hospital, and Georgetown
Memorial Hospital.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees
or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office
in Wilmington at 1-800-697-3901.
Nearly continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these
storms. 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 these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Georgetown, SC; Horry, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Wilmington NC