Lightning, Horry
- When
- July 10, 4:08 PM EST
- Where
- Horry County, 4 mi NW of Myrtle Beach
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 33.741, -78.929
Lightning started fires in two homes in Carolina Forest.
Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, July 10, 2008
Lightning damaged several homes and a church across South Carolina.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $530,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Lightning damaged several homes and a church across South Carolina.
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:08 UTC.
Event by event
3 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Florence
- When
- July 10, 4:23 PM EST to 4:24 PM EST
- Where
- Florence County, 1.69 mi NNE of Howe
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.154, -79.742
Lightning struck Dawsey United Methodist Church and burned it to the ground.
Lightning, Georgetown
- When
- July 10, 4:27 PM EST
- Where
- Georgetown County, Georgieville
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -79.080
Lightning sparked a fire that caused minor damage to a two story building.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 10, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in California, July 10 to 13, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 10, 2008
- Wildfire and High Wind in Washington, July 10 to 19, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Dust Storm in Arizona, July 10 to 11, 2008
- Flood and Hail in Illinois, July 10, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 10, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 10, 2008
- High Wind in Idaho, July 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 10, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, July 10 to 11, 2008
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 122731, 124228, 122732.