A cluster of severe thunderstorms moved up along the SC coast ahead of a cold front that interacted with a warm and extremely humid airmass.
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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 cluster of severe thunderstorms moved up along the SC coast ahead of a cold front that interacted with a warm and extremely humid airmass.
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 Jul 26, 2:53 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
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National Weather Service Wilmington NC
227 PM EDT Fri Jul 26 2024
NCZ099-261915-
Columbus NC-
227 PM EDT Fri Jul 26 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY
THROUGH 315 PM EDT...
At 227 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Whiteville, 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...
Whiteville, Chadbourn, Lake Waccamaw, Hallsboro, Redbug, Crusoe
Island, Southeastern Community College, Brunswick, and Columbus
Regional Healthcare System.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3447 7867 3446 7865 3445 7866 3445 7862
3443 7860 3443 7857 3437 7844 3417 7855
3434 7892 3447 7884 3446 7882
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 291DEG 17KT 3437 7874
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SCALORASpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
256 PM EDT Fri Jul 26 2024
NCZ099-261930-
Columbus NC-
256 PM EDT Fri Jul 26 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL COLUMBUS COUNTY THROUGH
330 PM EDT...
At 255 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
capable of producing a landspout over Whiteville, moving east at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Landspouts and wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds
could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured
objects.
Locations impacted include...
Whiteville, Lake Waccamaw, Williams, Hallsboro, Redbug, Crusoe
Island, Brunswick, and Columbus Regional Healthcare System.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
If on or near Lake Waccamaw, get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
&&
LAT...LON 3438 7847 3417 7845 3419 7878 3438 7876
3441 7853
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 267DEG 18KT 3431 7867
LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
ABWSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
512 PM EDT Fri Jul 26 2024
SCZ055-056-262145-
Coastal Georgetown SC-Inland Georgetown SC-
512 PM EDT Fri Jul 26 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL GEORGETOWN COUNTY
THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
At 511 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
capable of producing a landspout near Plantersville, or near Pawleys
Island, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Landspouts and wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds
could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured
objects.
Locations impacted include...
Pawleys Island, Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach, and Waccamaw
Community Hospital.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3340 7929 3354 7928 3357 7900 3354 7902
3353 7904 3352 7904 3347 7909 3339 7914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 263DEG 11KT 3346 7923
LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
ABWThe Wilmington radar (KLTX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Broadcast media posted to social media pictures of a few trees down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, July 2024
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: 1187059.