Strong forcing associated with a passing shortwave trough and jet aloft along with deep moisture convergence along a sea breeze circulation led to several strong to severe thunderstorms across Southeast South Carolina.
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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 CHS wrote it up.
Strong forcing associated with a passing shortwave trough and jet aloft along with deep moisture convergence along a sea breeze circulation led to several strong to severe thunderstorms across Southeast South Carolina.
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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 13, 6:20 PM EST, 22 hours 25 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:45 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Jasper County 911 Call Center reported numerous trees blown along Interstate 95 near mile marker 16.
Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Kato Bay Road and Crowfield Way.
Law enforcement reported a tree down on Mitchellville Road.
Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of HapHazard Road and Smiths Crossing.
Law enforcement reported a tree down near the intersection of Lakeview Drive and Lucas Drive.
A Jasper County emergency manager reported trees down on two homes in Lakeview Terrace off Grays Highway. Trees also fell on two homes along Malphrus Road near Mark Road and Carson Road. Some trees were snapped off approximately 40 ft off the ground and several power lines were also down around the area.
The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Ridgecut Road.
A Colleton County emergency manager reported a small tree down due to thunderstorm outflow near the intersection of Bells Highway and Tabor Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, August 2020
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: 917658, 917676, 917659, 917660, 917661, 917668, 917671, 917675.