Lightning striking off-shore in Myrtle Beach
Lightning striking off-shore in Myrtle Beach
Large lightning strike seen during severe storms in Myrtle Beach South Carolina

As over 1,000 lightning strikes were recorded in the Myrtle Beach area Wednesday afternoon, one viewer took a spectacular slow-motion video of one bolt striking the ocean. Nathan Polk was rolling from the 6th floor of his condo off Ocean Boulevard, near 17th Avenue North, when lightning struck off-shore. The First Alert Weather Team's weather information system recorded over 1,000 lightning strikes in Myrtle Beach and the surrounding area as a storm rolled through at about 1 p.m. Wednesday.