Widely scattered severe thunderstorms moved through the area which were triggered by a cold front that approached the area. Wind gusts to 60 mph took down some trees and powerlines.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
Widely scattered severe thunderstorms moved through the area which were triggered by a cold front that approached the area. Wind gusts to 60 mph took down some trees and powerlines.
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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 31, 2:08 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 403 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-010900- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 403 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 104 DEGREES ACROSS THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:20 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Hilda Fire Department reported several trees down in the area.
DOT reported a couple of trees down on hwy 64 and sc23.
DOE at the Savannah River Site reported a couple of trees down on sc125 near mile marker 5 in section D of the facility.
DOT reported a couple of trees down on hwy 521 and sc28-58.
DOT reported a couple of trees down on hwy 200 and sc101.
DOT reported a few trees down on secondary roads.
Sheriff reported cable lines down in Whitmire.
Sheriff reported a couple of trees down across hwy 773 and Jollystreet road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, July 2008
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: 109517, 109518, 109519, 109520, 109522, 109521, 109523, 109524.