Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 26 at 6:26PM EDT until April 26 at 6:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
April 26, 2025 - 3:26pm
Expires:
April 26, 2025 - 3:45pm
Description:
At 626 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Trio, or 18
miles south of Kingstree, moving southeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage
to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Lambert and Sampit.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
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.
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.
Area Description:
Georgetown, SC; Williamsburg, SC
Forcast Office:
NWS Wilmington NC