Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- July 6, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, 7 mi S of Gaffney
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.967, -81.633
Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 6, 2000
A couple of severe thunderstorms developed in the early evening. Trees were blown down along Hwy 18 south of Gaffney and into northern Union county.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
A couple of severe thunderstorms developed in the early evening. Trees were blown down along Hwy 18 south of Gaffney and into northern Union county. Two camper trailers and one junked mobile home were blown over north of Union. Four trees were blown down on roads in Clinton and power outages resulted from lightning.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- July 6, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, 7 mi N of Union
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.817, -81.617
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- July 6, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, Clinton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.467, -81.883
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, July 6 to 23, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 6, 2000
- Wildfire in Texas, July 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 6, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 6, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 6, 2000
- Hail in North Dakota, July 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 6, 2000
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, July 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5176680, 5176681, 5176682.