Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Georgetown, SC
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What is happening
SVRILM The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Georgetown County in northeastern South Carolina... * Until 515 PM EDT. * At 427 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over DeBordieu Colony, moving south at 5 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and...
What the bulletin says to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please send your reports of hail or wind damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Wilmington at 1 800 697 3901. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are 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.
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Bulletin details
SVRILM The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Georgetown County in northeastern South Carolina... * Until 515 PM EDT. * At 427 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over DeBordieu Colony, moving south at 5 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Georgetown, DeBordieu Colony, Pawleys Island, and Georgetown Memorial Hospital.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 23 at 4:27PM EDT until August 23 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Wilmington NC. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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