Thunderstorms moved into the area during the evening along and ahead of a pre-frontal trough. The clusters of thunderstorms were moving into an environment characterized by significant shear in the low and mid levels.
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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.
Thunderstorms moved into the area during the evening along and ahead of a pre-frontal trough. The clusters of thunderstorms were moving into an environment characterized by significant shear in the low and mid levels.
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 Jun 27, 6:46 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
506 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015
NCZ087-096-099-SCZ053-272130-
BLADEN-COLUMBUS-ROBESON-INLAND HORRY-
506 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN BLADEN...
SOUTHEASTERN ROBESON...COLUMBUS AND NORTHWESTERN HORRY COUNTIES...
AT 505 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE VIEW TO 6 MILES EAST OF MULLINS...AND MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITEVILLE...TABOR CITY...CHADBOURN...BLADENBORO...BETHEL...LAKE
WACCAMAW...FAIR BLUFF...BOARDMAN...WILLIAMS...HALLSBORO...OLD DOCK...
ABBOTTSBURG...MOLLIE...CLARENDON...CHERRY GROVE...REDBUG...
SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE...BARNESVILLE...CRUSOE ISLAND AND
NAKINA.
THIS INCLUDES US ROUTE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 370 AND 401.
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 THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3416 7852 3415 7854 3412 7854 3412 7855
3410 7855 3412 7920 3415 7920 3418 7919
3418 7917 3420 7917 3422 7914 3426 7913
3430 7907 3445 7925 3446 7925 3458 7859
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 264DEG 22KT 3440 7917 3420 7914
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
535 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015
SCZ032-033-039-053>055-272230-
INLAND GEORGETOWN-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL
HORRY-FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-
535 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL
MARION...SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE...NORTHEASTERN GEORGETOWN...
NORTHEASTERN WILLIAMSBURG AND SOUTHWESTERN HORRY COUNTIES...
AT 534 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER HEMINGWAY...
OR 20 MILES EAST OF LAKE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MYRTLE BEACH...CONWAY...SURFSIDE BEACH...SOCASTEE...RED HILL...GARDEN
CITY...MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT...MURRELLS INLET...JOHNSONVILLE...
HEMINGWAY...DONGOLA...OUTLAND...FORESTBROOK...BUCKSPORT...BURGESS...
BUCKSVILLE...COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY...HORRY GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL
COLLEGE CONWAY CAMPUS...YAUHANNAH AND STUCKEY.
THIS INCLUDES SC HIGHWAY 31 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 13.
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.
LAT...LON 3359 7910 3361 7910 3361 7912 3360 7913
3369 7952 3387 7948 3377 7877 3370 7888
3357 7900 3357 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 282DEG 33KT 3377 7942
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</html>The Columbia radar (KCAE), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:47 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported down near the intersection of Lamar Highway and Friday Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly down at the intersection of Blitsgel Drive and South Arundel Drive. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly down at the intersection of Peniel Road and Twin Church Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly down at the intersection of Jefferson Drive and South Cashua Drive. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly down at the intersection of 3rd Loop Road and South Mayfair Terrace. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly in the roadway at the intersection of Pisgah Road and East Mclver Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly in the roadway at the intersection of Georgetown Road and Wachovia Hills Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly down at the intersection of Old Wallace Gregg Road and Francis Marion Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
A tree was reportedly in the roadway at the intersection of Center Church Road and Gilchrist Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
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, June 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 591812, 591813, 591814, 591846, 591848, 591850, 591851, 591852, 591853.