873  
WTUS82 KILM 042132  
TCVILM  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
THREE LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 1  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC AL032025  
532 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2025  
 
SCZ054-050545-  
/O.NEW.KILM.TR.A.1003.250704T2132Z-000000T0000Z/  
COASTAL HORRY-  
532 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2025  
   
..TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT  
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE  
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS  
 
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED  
- SURFSIDE BEACH  
- MYRTLE BEACH  
- NORTH MYRTLE BEACH  
 
* WIND  
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND  
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH  
 
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST  
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39  
TO 57 MPH  
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM  
FORCE.  
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE  
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.  
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND  
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.  
 
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED  
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED  
MOBILE HOMES IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY  
BE BLOWN ABOUT.  
- SOME LARGE LIMBS MAY BREAK FROM TREES. A FEW SHALLOW ROOTED  
OR WEAK TREES MAY SNAP OR BE KNOCKED DOWN. SOME FENCES AND  
ROADWAY SIGNS WILL BE DAMAGED.  
- A FEW ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEBRIS,  
PARTICULARLY WITHIN URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES.  
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY FOR  
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED  
ROADWAYS.  
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.  
 
* STORM SURGE  
- NO STORM SURGE INUNDATION FORECAST  
 
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST  
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: LITTLE TO NO STORM  
SURGE FLOODING  
- PLAN: THERE IS LITTLE TO NO THREAT OF STORM SURGE FLOODING.  
ROUGH SURF, COASTAL EROSION, AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP  
CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE.  
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING  
ARE NEEDED.  
- ACT: FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS. MONITOR  
FORECASTS.  
 
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE  
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM STORM SURGE FLOODING.  
 
* FLOODING RAIN  
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:  
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 1-3 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY  
HIGHER AMOUNTS  
 
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST  
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR  
LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN  
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR  
LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN.  
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA  
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.  
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS.  
 
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED  
- LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM RAINFALL MAY OCCUR, ESPECIALLY IN  
LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS  
MAY RISE AS A RESULT OF THE RAIN. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS,  
AND DITCHES MAY OVERFLOW IN SOME LOCATIONS.  
- SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS MAY BECOME FULL  
AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD CLOSURES ARE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* TORNADO  
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:  
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES  
 
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST  
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: TORNADOES NOT EXPECTED  
- PLAN: TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.  
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO PROTECT  
AGAINST TORNADOES AT THIS TIME. KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST  
TORNADO SITUATION.  
- ACT: LISTEN FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST.  
 
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE  
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.  
 
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILM/TROPICAL  
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES  
- HTTP://SCEMD.ORG  
 
 
 
SCZ056-050545-  
/O.NEW.KILM.TR.A.1003.250704T2132Z-000000T0000Z/  
COASTAL GEORGETOWN-  
532 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2025  
   
..TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT  
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE  
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS  
 
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED  
- GEORGETOWN  
- MURRELLS INLET  
 
* WIND  
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND  
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH  
 
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST  
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39  
TO 57 MPH  
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM  
FORCE.  
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE  
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.  
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND  
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.  
 
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED  
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED  
MOBILE HOMES IS POSSIBLE. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY  
BE BLOWN ABOUT.  
- SOME LARGE LIMBS MAY BREAK FROM TREES. A FEW SHALLOW ROOTED  
OR WEAK TREES MAY SNAP OR BE KNOCKED DOWN. SOME FENCES AND  
ROADWAY SIGNS WILL BE DAMAGED.  
- A FEW ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEBRIS,  
PARTICULARLY WITHIN URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES.  
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY FOR  
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED  
ROADWAYS.  
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.  
 
* STORM SURGE  
- NO STORM SURGE INUNDATION FORECAST  
 
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST  
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: LITTLE TO NO STORM  
SURGE FLOODING  
- PLAN: THERE IS LITTLE TO NO THREAT OF STORM SURGE FLOODING.  
ROUGH SURF, COASTAL EROSION, AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP  
CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE.  
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING  
ARE NEEDED.  
- ACT: FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS. MONITOR  
FORECASTS.  
 
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE  
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM STORM SURGE FLOODING.  
 
* FLOODING RAIN  
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:  
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 1-3 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY  
HIGHER AMOUNTS  
 
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST  
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR  
LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN  
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR  
LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN.  
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA  
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.  
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS.  
 
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED  
- LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM RAINFALL MAY OCCUR, ESPECIALLY IN  
LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS  
MAY RISE AS A RESULT OF THE RAIN. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS,  
AND DITCHES MAY OVERFLOW IN SOME LOCATIONS.  
- SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS MAY BECOME FULL  
AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD CLOSURES ARE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* TORNADO  
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:  
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES  
 
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST  
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: TORNADOES NOT EXPECTED  
- PLAN: TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.  
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO PROTECT  
AGAINST TORNADOES AT THIS TIME. KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST  
TORNADO SITUATION.  
- ACT: LISTEN FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST.  
 
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE  
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.  
 
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILM/TROPICAL  
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES  
- HTTP://SCEMD.ORG  
 
 
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