Lightning, Horry
- When
- July 3, 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Horry County, Crescent Beach
- Coordinates
- 33.905, -78.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 3, 1996
Seven people walking together on beach near 23rd Ave N and Ocean Blvd were affected by a lightning strike. Two victims were unconscious, but were revived, hospitalized, and they recovered.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
Seven people walking together on beach near 23rd Ave N and Ocean Blvd were affected by a lightning strike. Two victims were unconscious, but were revived, hospitalized, and they recovered.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Connecticut, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maine, July 3 to 4, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5563845.