Atlantic Beach

Special Weather Statement issued May 25 at 5:13PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC At 512 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Horry Georgetown Technical College Conway Campus, or near Red Hill, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea to half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Myrtle Beach, Conway, North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Myrtle Beach Airport, Socastee, Red Hill, Little River, Garden City, North Myrtle Beach Airport, Cherry Grove Inlet, Little River Entrance, Hickory Grove, Homewood, Horry Georgetown Technical College Conway Campus, Nixonville, Barefoot Landing Area Of North Myrtle Beach, Wampee, Goretown, and Cherry Grove Beach. This includes the following highways... SC Highway 31 between mile markers 5 and 24. SC Highway 22 between mile markers 10 and 26. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.