Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Locations Affected

Timmonsville, SC ∙ Florence Regional Airport, SC ∙ Lamar, SC ∙ Quinby, SC ∙ Florence, SC ∙ Darlington, SC

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wilmington NC 659 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024 The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Florence County in northeastern South Carolina... Southeastern Darlington County in northeastern South Carolina... * Until 745 PM EDT. * At 659 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Timmonsville, or near Florence, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Florence, Darlington, Timmonsville, Lamar, Quinby, Mars Bluff, Darlington Raceway, Cartersville, Florence Darlington Technical College Main Campus, Francis Marion University, Mechanicsville, Carolinas Hospital System, Mcleod Regional Medical Center, Carolinas Hospital System - Cedar Tower, and Health South Rehabilitation Hospital. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Wilmington at 1-800-697-3901. && LAT...LON 3442 7973 3442 7972 3439 7972 3441 7970 3440 7968 3439 7969 3437 7967 3436 7969 3432 7966 3431 7966 3429 7960 3426 7956 3423 7954 3420 7955 3419 7957 3404 7999 3406 8002 3418 8008 TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 236DEG 25KT 3418 7990 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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