Myrtle Beach police and fire departments are monitoring an abandoned vehicle on a beach that seems ever closer to being washed into the Atlantic.

Wind and surf from Hurricane Dorian were picking up Thursday morning in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, when the vehicle was found.

Someone appeared to have driven the Jeep farther than it could handle, and jettisoned the SUV when it got stuck in the sand, reported.

Police ran the license plate and the vehicle has not been reported stolen, Myrtle Beach Deputy Fire Chief Tom Gwyer told the Weather Channel.

At a Glance

Police are monitoring an abandoned Jeep drifting into the ocean on Myrtle Beach.The vehicle appeared to have been abandoned Thursday morning.

"The high tide should be completely coming in the next couple of hours," Gwyer said. "We did put a buoy on it." He added that there wasn't much more that could be done with the storm approaching.

A gaggle of spectators have formed near the Jeep's location around 38th Avenue North to watch the scene unfold.

"We do encourage people to stay put, stay home, there's going to be a lot of flying debris," Gwyer said. "There's not gonna be much beach left based on the storm surge predictions."

"We do not allow driving on the beach," Gwyer said. "This is the first time I know of, certainly during a hurricane, that something like that's happened."