Name: Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 10, 2006
Start: 2006-08-10T13:36
End: 2006-08-10T13:36
Location: South Carolina

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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 9:45 AM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 9:45 AM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 3:03 AM EST, 10 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
403 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-110815-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
403 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. TORRENTIAL RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN STRONGER
STORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL MOST LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 10, 11:29 AM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1229 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0229 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE MONROE             35.02N 80.50W
08/09/2006                   UNION              NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND COUNTY OFFICALS REPORT MULTIPLE
            TREES DOWN BETWEEN HWY 601 AND MORGAN MILL ROAD.

&&

SKRENTZ

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:03 PM EST, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
203 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

SCZ011-101900-
ABBEVILLE-
203 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING ABBEVILLE COUNTY...

AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF LOWNDESVILLE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF
ABBEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND
RAINFALL RATES NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR.

KRENTZ

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:27 PM EST, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
227 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

SCZ013-101930-
UNION-
227 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING UNION COUNTY...

AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITMIRE...OR 10 MILES SOUTH
OF UNION...REMAINING FAIRLY STATIONARY.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 AND
HIGH RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR.

KRENTZ

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:37 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When: August 10, 1:36 PM EST
Where: Union County, 9 mi E of Cross Keys
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.633, -81.600

Several trees blown down and damage to a barn.

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

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in South Carolina, August 2006

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5528403.