Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 8, 2005

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

10

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.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 7, 1:58 PM EST, 18 hours 10 minutes earlier.

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The Columbia radar (KCAE), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:09 UTC.

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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.

• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 8, 20056 injured · $1.1 million · 1.75 in hail · 30 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 8, 20051 injured · $1.0 million · 1.5 in hail · 18 events
• Winter Storm and High Wind in Massachusetts, March 8 to 9, 2005$900,000 · 56 kt wind · 20 events
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 8, 20051 injured · $150,000 · 77 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Vermont, March 8 to 9, 2005$120,000 · 12 events
• High Wind in Rhode Island, March 8, 2005$150,000 · 62 kt wind · 5 events
• Tornado in North Carolina, March 8, 2005$50,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Ohio, March 8, 2005$150,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 8, 2005$100,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind and Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 8, 2005$35,000 · 63 kt wind · 21 events
• Strong Wind in Maryland, March 8, 2005$70,000 · 5 events
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 8, 2005$80,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event

Every storm in South Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, March 2005

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5438235, 5438236, 5438239, 5438237, 5438242, 5438243, 5438238, 5438240, 5438241, 5438244.