Lightning, Horry
- When
- June 27, 3:27 PM EST
- Where
- Horry County, 0.9 mi NW of Cherry Grove Beach
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -78.640
Lightning caused an attic fire in a home on 33rd Avenue in Cherry Grove.
Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, June 27, 2024
Lightning caused some structural damage in the Myrtle Beach area.
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
- $7,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 caused some structural damage in the Myrtle Beach area.
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:27 UTC.
Event by event
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Horry
- When
- June 27, 3:32 PM EST
- Where
- Horry County, Little River
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -78.620
Media reported an apartment fire caused by lightning along Pinehurst Circle in Little River, SC.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1179147, 1179148.