South Carolina, 2025

Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 24, 2025

June 24, 2025 · NWS CAE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A very hot and humid air mass was in place with heat advisories in effect. Isolated showers and storms developing during early afternoon and lightning struck the water and cable of buoys near the beach on Lake Murray.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
20
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 CAE wrote it up.

A very hot and humid air mass was in place with heat advisories in effect. Isolated showers and storms developing during early afternoon and lightning struck the water and cable of buoys near the beach on Lake Murray.

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:43 UTC.

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1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Lexington

When
June 24, 3:43 PM EST
Where
Lexington County, 3.19 mi ENE of Providence
Injuries
20 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
34.038, -81.219

SC Emergency Management and Irmo Fire Department report treating 20 individuals that were struck by lightning at Lake Murray Public Park in Lexington, SC. 18 of those 20 were transported to nearby hospitals. Those 18 people included 6 adults and 12 children. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening. Time based on source report and ground based lightning detection network.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1261247.