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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
334 PM EDT TUE APR 23 2024
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/20/2024 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT
MICROBURST WIND DAMAGE ESE OF NICHOLS IN HORRY COUNTY SC
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: APR 20 2024
START TIME: 7:40 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 7 SE NICHOLS SC
START LAT/LON: 34.1557 / -79.0664
END DATE: APR 20 2024
END TIME: 7:42 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 9 SE NICHOLS SC
END LAT/LON: 34.1487 / -79.0223
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED SOUTHEAST ACROSS NICHOLS SC DURING THE EARLY
EVENING OF SATURDAY, APRIL 20. IN THE TOWN, THE STORM UPROOTED A FEW LARGE
TREES, SNAPPED A FEW SMALLER TREES, AND BROKE NUMEROUS LIMBS, LEADING TO A
FEW DOWNED POWER LINES AND POLES.
THE STORM MOVED SOUTHEAST OF TOWN AND PRODUCED A MICROBURST AS IT CROSSED
W. HIGHWAY 19 ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 9. SEVERAL TREES
WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED IN THE VICINITY OF BLANTON FAMILY CEMETERY. THE
MICROBURST CONTINUED TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST ALONG JARROTT DRIVE, WITH SPOTTY
TREE DAMAGE NOTED ALONG THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE ROAD. ALONG HIGHWAY 9 ONE-
HALF MILE EAST OF MT. OLIVE CHURCH ROAD, THE MICROBURST PEELED A LARGE PORTION
OF METAL ROOFING FROM A BARN, AND DEPOSITED IT 75 YARDS AWAY.
THE OBSERVED WIND DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH SPEEDS UP TO 75 MPH.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
CRM
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