053  
NOUS42 KILM 312107  
PNSILM  
NCZ087-096-099-105>110-SCZ017-023-024-032-033-039-054>056-058-059-  
010915-  
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  
507 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025  
   
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/30/25 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT  
 
   
HEMINGWAY, SC STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE  
 
LOCATION... HEMINGWAY IN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY, SC  
DATE... MAY 30, 2025  
ESTIMATED TIME... AROUND 6:05 PM EDT  
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND... 90 TO 95 MPH  
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH... 2.5 MILES  
PATH LENGTH.... 4.5 MILES  
BEGINNING LOCATION... NEAR STUCKEY, SC  
ENDING LOCATION... JUST EAST OF SC HIGHWAY 41 IN HEMINGWAY, SC  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
   
..EVENT SUMMARY  
 
NWS METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED A LARGE AREA OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE  
IN THE HEMINGWAY, SC VICINITY THAT OCCURRED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON  
OF MAY 30, 2025. A FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORM SQUALL LINE MOVED ACROSS  
EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA PRODUCING DAMAGE ALL THE WAY EASTWARD TO NEAR  
CAPE FEAR, NC. A CONCENTRATED AREA OF WIND DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN  
AND NEAR HEMINGWAY, SC INCLUDING A NUMBER OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES,  
SOME OF WHICH FELL ON STRUCTURES AND POWER LINES. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES  
WERE REPORTED.  
 
 
 
NOTE:  
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO  
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS  
STORM DATA.  
 
 
 
TRA/VAO  
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