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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 18, 2024Brunswick County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2024, 9:42 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina; Horry County, South Carolina. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 18, 2024, 9:42 PM EDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2024, 10:10 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brunswick County, NC, Horry County, SC

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NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 18, 7:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 7:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 8:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 18, 8:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 8:55 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
855 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024

SCZ054-058-190130-
Coastal Horry SC-Central Horry SC-
855 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HORRY COUNTY
THROUGH 930 PM EDT...

At 855 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Conway, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Conway, Red Hill, Socastee, Hickory Grove, Homewood, Horry Georgetown
Technical College Conway Campus, Bucksville, Hand, Nixonville,
Hammond, Coastal Carolina University, Barefoot Landing Area Of North
Myrtle Beach, Lighthouse Care Center Of Conway, and Conway Medical
Center.

This includes the following highways...
 SC Highway 31 between mile markers 5 and 6, and between mile markers
15 and 17.
 SC Highway 22 between mile markers 15 and 26.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3369 7917 3387 7919 3395 7882 3381 7876
      3376 7887 3368 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 263DEG 17KT 3379 7909

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

DCH

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 9:01 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 9:23 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
923 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024

NCZ087-096-SCZ017-024-190215-
Robeson NC-Bladen NC-Marlboro SC-Dillon SC-
923 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT ROBESON...NORTHERN BLADEN...
CENTRAL DILLON AND NORTHEASTERN MARLBORO COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM
EDT...

At 920 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms affecting Minturn, Rowland and Lumberton, moving east
at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 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...
Lumberton, Dillon, Elizabethtown, Red Springs, Pembroke, Fairmont,
Maxton, Mccoll, St. Pauls, Rowland, Clio, Rex, Hamer, Ammon,
Hestertown, Shannon, White Oak, Minturn, Smiths, and Howellsville.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 95 in South Carolina between mile markers 188 and 198.
 Interstate 95 in North Carolina between mile markers 1 and 38.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3495 7903 3490 7894 3484 7890 3485 7868
      3485 7852 3486 7850 3474 7839 3473 7839
      3472 7838 3470 7837 3467 7833 3438 7953
      3473 7959 3463 7946 3477 7933 3484 7935
      3483 7919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 254DEG 28KT 3455 7938

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

DCH

Local storm report, Aug 18, 9:28 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 18, 9:30 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
930 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0729 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 SSE Dillon            34.41N  79.37W
08/18/2024                   Dillon             SC   Trained Spotter

            An 8 inch branch from a large oak tree split and fell
            near the intersection of Calhoun and 14th Street.

&&

Event Number ILM2400320

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 18, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	43 min
Aug 18, 8:16 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	24 hr
Aug 18, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	25 min
Aug 18, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Bladen	44 min
Aug 18, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Robeson	52 min
Aug 18, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		62 min
Aug 18, 11:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		51 min
Aug 18, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Brunswick	31 min
Aug 19, 12:05 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		55 min
Aug 19, 1:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		52 min
Aug 19, 1:59 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		46 min
Aug 19, 3:32 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		43 min
Aug 19, 4:04 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	New Hanover	8 hr
Aug 19, 1:45 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover	11 hr
Aug 18, 8:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	35 min
Aug 18, 9:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	52 min
Aug 19, 12:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	37 min
Aug 19, 12:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Williamsburg	32 min
Aug 19, 12:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Williamsburg	44 min
Aug 19, 1:45 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	8 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.