A nearly stationary front produced flooding around portions of Horry County.
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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.
The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
A nearly stationary front produced flooding around portions of Horry County.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 26, 2:12 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 312 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONT WILL OSCILLATE ACROSS THE COAST INTO THURSDAY WHILE GRADUALLY LOSING IDENTITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD INTO THE CAROLINAS THIS WEEKEND. ERIKA IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE BAHAMAS AND SOUTH FLORIDA LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 312 PM WEDNESDAY...CONVECTION HAS YET TO EVOLVE AS ROBUSTLY AS PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED...BUT THE ENVIRONMENT STILL APPEARS TO BE RIPE FOR TSTMS THIS AFTN THROUGH TONIGHT. STATIONARY FRONT ALIGNED VERY NEAR THE COAST IS SLOWLY BEING ABSORBED/COMBINED WITH THE SEA BREEZE WHICH IS JUST NOW BEGINNING TO DEVELOP. THIS LATE START TO HEATING IS DUE TO THE PRONOUNCED CLOUD COVER FROM THIS MORNING (POST FRONTAL STRATUS AND ANVIL DEBRIS) THAT ONLY RECENTLY ERODED. WHILE HEATING HAS BEEN SLOW...IT IS STILL VERY UNSTABLE OUTSIDE WITH SPC MESOANALYSIS SHOWING 2000-3000 J/KG OF SBCAPE ALONG THE EASTERN COUNTIES. THIS IS HIGHLY UNSTABLE...SO ANY UPDRAFTS FORCED BY SURFACE BASED CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SEA BREEZE...FRONT...OR DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARIES...ARE STILL EXPECTED TO RISE QUICKLY INTO TSTMS. ADDITIONALLY...A SHORTWAVE EVIDENT ON WV IMAGERY LIFTING NE FROM THE GULF COAST WILL COMBINE WITH ENHANCING DIFFLUENCE AT 300 MB TO PROVIDE UPPER SUPPORT. IN OTHER WORDS...ALL SIGNS STILL POINT TO CONVECTION BLOSSOMING THIS EVENING...AND HIGH RES GUIDANCE...WHILE NOT AS AGGRESSIVE AS EARLIER STILL SHOWS SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD CONVECTION DEVELOPING THROUGH THIS EVENING. HAVE TRIMMED POP BACK TO HIGH CHC FROM THE EARLIER LIKELY...BUT MANY PLACES STILL FACE THE RISK OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED FLOODING...SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING...AND MAYBE AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUST. POP WILL WANE SLOWLY AFTER DARK WITH LOSS OF HEATING...BUT THE PRESENCE OF THE UPPER FEATURES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MAINTAIN CONVECTION THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ALTHOUGH IN A WEAKER AND LESS WIDESPREAD FASHION. TEMPS TONIGHT WILL FALL SLOWLY AS CLOUDS AND SOUTHERLY WINDS EAST OF THE FRONT MAINTAIN A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS. A SIGNIFICANT TEMP GRADIENT IS FORECAST ACROSS THE CWA FOR MINS...DROPPING TO AROUND 69 WELL INLAND...BUT STAYING AS WARM AS 75 ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 312 PM WEDNESDAY...LOCAL ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR CONVECTION ALONG THE COAST AND COASTAL INTERIOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AS A WAVERING BUT DECAYING FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS QUASI-STATIONARY NEAR THE LAND-SEA INTERFACE. TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN DEEPEST OFFSHORE BUT RICH ENOUGH TO SERVE AS FUEL IN LATE AUGUST HEATING ACROSS THE EASTERN ZONES. EXPECTATION OF SEA-BREEZE CONVERGENCE MAY VERY WELL CO-MINGLE WITH THE DETERIORATING FRONT TO ADD ADDITIONAL UPDRAFT FOCUS BY THE AFTERNOON BOTH DAYS. TIME HEIGHT DEPICTIONS OF RH IN THE COLUMN SUGGEST GRADUAL DRYING AND ANTICYCLONIC TURNING OF THE ATMOSPHERE AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS FROM THE SE FRIDAY...AND COULD REDUCE POP POTENTIAL FRIDAY COMPARED TO THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES OF MAX/MIN WILL HOLD CLOSE TO NORMALS FOR LATE AUGUST BOTH DAYS...ALTHOUGH CLOUD COVER AND WEAK POST FRONTAL AIR MAY RESULT IN MIDDLE 80S MOST LOCATIONS. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 312 PM WEDNESDAY...BY SATURDAY ERIKA...OR REMNANTS OF...MAY BE MOVING INTO THE FAR EASTERN BAHAMAS. CURRENT MODEL SPREADS BY DAY 5 MONDAY BECOME HIGHLY DIVERGENT...PLACING ERIKA ANYWHERE FROM THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TO SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES EAST OF FLORIDA. IN LIGHT OF THE PRESENT UNCERTAINTY...COUPLED WITH A DECENT CONSENSUS THAT UPPER RIDGING WILL STRENGTHEN INTO THE CAROLINAS...THE EXTENDED FORECAST DOES NOT REFLECT ANY DIRECT IMPACTS FROM ERIKA. EXCEPTION POTENTIALLY COULD BE ARRIVAL OF SWELL WAVE ENERGY...PROVIDED ERIKA INTENSIFIES AS DEPICTED BY THE OFFICIAL NHC TRACKS...THOUGH EVEN THIS PARAMETER CARRIES LIMITED CONFIDENCE. AS A RESULT...FORECAST IN DAYS 4-7 REPRESENTS NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR LATE AUGUST WITH MAXIMUMS IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90...MINIMUMS IN THE LOW 70S...DOTTED WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. A LOCAL ELEVATED RIP CURRENT THREAT COULD ARRIVE ON OUR BEACHES BY THIS WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 18Z...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS MOVING THROUGH KFLO/KLBT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BUT THERE IS NO CONVECTION ALONG IT ATTM. CONFIDENCE IS LOWERING FOR CONVECTION AT KILM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LACK OF HEATING AND ONSHORE WINDS...BUT THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT AT KILM LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER IMPULSE APPROACHES...CLOUD COVER DECREASES AND WINDS BECOME ONSHORE. DO NOT FEEL IT WILL BE AS WIDESPREAD AS EARLIER THOUGHT. WILL MAINTAIN VCSH AT KLBT THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CONFIDENCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AT KFLO/KMYR/KCRE. MVFR LIKELY WITH ANY ACTIVITY...WITH TEMPO IFR IF A CELL MOVES DIRECTLY OVER A TERMINAL. THE PASSAGE OF THE IMPULSE THIS EVENING SHOULD END PRECIPITATION. A MOIST ATMOSPHERE AND SUBSIDENCE SHOULD PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR IFR CIGS/MVFR VSBYS AT KFLO/KLBT. SOME SHOWERS MAY RE-DEVELOP IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS AT THE COASTAL TERMINALS THUS MVFR CIGS WOULD BE MORE LIKELY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS EVENING BECOMING NE OVERNIGHT. VFR CIGS AFTER SUNRISE WITH NE WINDS AND SHOWERS MAINLY NEAR KMYR/KCRE. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...PREDOMINATELY VFR WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EXTENDED. BRIEF MORNING FOG/STRATUS IS ALSO EXPECTED EACH DAY. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 312 PM WEDNESDAY...COLD FRONT/SEA BREEZE HYBRID IS SLOWLY LIFTING BACK TO THE NW...WITH A WEAK GRADIENT REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS THE WATERS. WINDS HAVE BEEN VARIABLE ACROSS THE WATERS...BUT ARE TURNING TO A PREDOMINANT SOUTHERLY DIRECTION...STRONGEST WITHIN THE SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION WHERE SPEEDS MAY REACH UP TO 15 KTS...10 KTS ELSEWHERE. LATEST BUOY OBS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN 10-11 SEC PERIOD SE SWELL AS THE DOMINANT WAVE GROUP...AND THIS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT WITH WAVE HEIGHTS REMAINING AROUND 2-3 FT. SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 312 PM WEDNESDAY...MANAGEABLE MARINE CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH ONSHORE E-SE WINDS 10-15 KT BOTH DAYS OUTSIDE OF TSTMS. SEA SPECTRUM WILL CONSIST OF ESE WAVE 2-3 FEET EVERY 10 SECONDS ACCOMPANIED BY A LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE DIRECTED CHOP. TSTMS WILL BE SCATTERED OVER THE 0-20 NM WATERS AND MARINERS SHOULD GET A RADAR UPDATE BEFORE HEADING OUT...AS SOME STORMS BECOME STRONG AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MORNING WATER SPOUTS. LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 312 PM WEDNESDAY...SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE APPEARS AGREEMENT AMONG GFS/ECMWF PLOTS THAT DESPITE THE SPECIFIC ARRANGEMENT OR CONFIGURATION OF THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT/PATTERN WILL BE A FLAT ONE. THIS SUGGEST LIGHT WINDS. SEAS HOWEVER DEPENDING ON HOW ERIKA INTENSITY TRENDS PAN-OUT...MAY BE LACED WITH AN UNDERLYING LONG PERIOD SWELL THAT COULD ACCOMPANY THE LIGHT WIND-WAVES. THIS MAY INDUCE ENHANCED SHOALING PROCESSES IN SHALLOW WATER AREAS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL REMAIN IN THE EXTENDED MARINE FORECAST BASED ON EXPECTED ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AVAILABILITY. && .ILM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MJC NEAR TERM...JDW SHORT TERM...MJC LONG TERM...MJC AVIATION...MRR/JDW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 343 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015 NCZ096-099-105-109-SCZ033-039-053-055-271945- BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG- INLAND HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- 343 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ106-108-110-SCZ054-056-271945- COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-COASTAL HORRY- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 343 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE RIP CURRENT RISK MAY BE ELEVATED FOR PORTIONS OF THE BEACHES LATE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES DURING THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE WEEK AND DURING THE WEEKEND. THE HIGHEST HIGH TIDE WILL BE IN THE EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ250-252-254-256-271945- SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 343 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ107-271945- INLAND NEW HANOVER- 343 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER DURING THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE WEEK AND DURING THE WEEKEND. THE NIGHTTIME HIGH TIDE WILL BE THE HIGHEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ087-SCZ017-023-024-032-271945- ROBESON-MARLBORO-DARLINGTON-DILLON-FLORENCE- 343 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 17
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
227 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE ELIZABETHTOWN 34.56N 78.59W
08/26/2015 BLADEN NC EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF LIFTED OFF OF STORAGE BUILDING AND DEPOSITED 75
YARDS AWAY. EMPTY 25 FT TALL SILO BLOWN OVER. ESTIMATED
WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH.
0300 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE ELIZABETHTOWN 34.57N 78.58W
08/26/2015 BLADEN NC EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS DOWN FROM PECAN AND PINE TREES. A
FEW PINE TREES UP TO 8 INCH DIAMETER WERE SNAPPED
SEVERAL FEET OFF THE GROUND AT THE INTERSECTION OF COLEY
RD AND ROSINDALE RD. ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 75 MPH.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1500297
EVENT NUMBER ILM1500298
CRMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
321 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015
SCZ053-054-262000-
INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-
321 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HORRY
COUNTY...
AT 321 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR MYRTLE
BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT...RED
HILL...LITTLE RIVER...MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT...LITTLE RIVER ENTRANCE...
SOCASTEE...BAREFOOT LANDING AREA OF NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...
FORESTBROOK...HAND...LONGS...WAMPEE...COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY...
HORRY GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE CONWAY CAMPUS...HAMMOND...
BROOKSVILLE...NIXONVILLE...BRIARCLIFFE ACRES AND ATLANTIC BEACH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
SC HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 24.
SC HIGHWAY 22 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18 AND 26.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT
IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3377 7905 3403 7875 3385 7854 3384 7862
3380 7872 3374 7882 3364 7894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 237DEG 22KT 3377 7889
SHKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
414 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015
NCZ105-106-262115-
COASTAL PENDER-INLAND PENDER-
414 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN PENDER
COUNTY...
AT 413 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR ROCKY
POINT...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICH INLET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SURF CITY...WOODSIDE...EDGECOMB...TOPSAIL AND ROCKY POINT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 406 AND 408.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3440 7759 3439 7760 3438 7763 3437 7781
3438 7781 3439 7782 3439 7783 3446 7790
3468 7766 3448 7758 3447 7756 3442 7754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 232DEG 14KT 3444 7779
REKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
433 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015
SCZ053-054-262100-
INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-
433 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN HORRY COUNTY...
AT 433 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER BUCKSPORT...OR NEAR
SOCASTEE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MYRTLE BEACH...SURFSIDE BEACH...GARDEN CITY...MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT...
SOCASTEE...SPRINGMAID PIER...RED HILL...BUCKSVILLE...FORESTBROOK...
BUCKSPORT AND BURGESS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT
IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3358 7910 3361 7910 3360 7911 3363 7913
3365 7913 3365 7912 3366 7914 3366 7915
3368 7915 3369 7917 3377 7917 3373 7887
3368 7888 3363 7894 3357 7900
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 268DEG 17KT 3368 7909
SHKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
443 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0438 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 S ALLSBROOK 33.92N 78.97W
08/26/2015 HORRY SC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE DOWN ON JOHNSON SHELLEY RD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ILM1500299
43SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
507 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015
SCZ053-054-262200-
INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-
507 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HORRY
COUNTY...
AT 507 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOCASTEE...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...SURFSIDE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE
BEACH AIRPORT...SOCASTEE...RED HILL...GARDEN CITY...MYRTLE BEACH
AIRPORT...SPRINGMAID PIER...MURRELLS INLET...BAREFOOT LANDING AREA OF
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...FORESTBROOK...HAND...BUCKSPORT...BURGESS...
WAMPEE...BUCKSVILLE...HORRY GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE CONWAY
CAMPUS...NIXONVILLE AND BRIARCLIFFE ACRES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
SC HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 24.
SC HIGHWAY 22 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 26.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THUNDERSTORMS CAN POSE A VARIETY OF THREATS INCLUDING GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. IT
IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3373 7916 3394 7866 3381 7869 3372 7884
3357 7900 3357 7907
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 271DEG 11KT 3367 7901
SHKThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding was reported on Brookgate Drive. The road was closed.
Flooding was reported on Academy Drive. Road was closed.
Flooding was reported on Queens Harbor Blvd.
Flooding was reported on George Bishop Pkwy.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 2015
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 599844, 599851, 599854, 599848.