A nearly stationary frontal boundary remained just west of the area producing afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
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.
A nearly stationary frontal boundary remained just west of the area producing afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
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 5, 11:41 AM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 426 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-061000- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 426 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:32 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Coop Observer reported trees and large limbs down along with some small hail.
Reported large limbs down on the south side of Swansea.
Korey Moore was struck and killed by lightning on Lake Marion near Mill Creek while riding a jet ski.
Public reported trees down along Hwy. 97 near Lake Wateree.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Orangeburg | 2008-07-05 | 19 | Male | Boating | Direct |
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 100069, 100070, 130605, 100071.