Strong shear associated with enhanced low level wind fields and weak instability within a warm sector led to a period of gusty winds for much of the day on February 6th, followed by a broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms as a cold front swept through Southeast South Carolina during the night. Strong and gusty winds prevailed behind the departing front, mainly until enhanced low level…
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The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
Strong shear associated with enhanced low level wind fields and weak instability within a warm sector led to a period of gusty winds for much of the day on February 6th, followed by a broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms as a cold front swept through Southeast South Carolina during the night. Strong and gusty winds prevailed behind the departing front, mainly until enhanced low level wind fields shifted further offshore during morning hours on February 7th.
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 Feb 6, 10:15 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:11 UTC.
15 strong wind, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported a glass door to a store blown in and torn off hinges.
Emergency management reported a tree down along Highway 125 in Martin, SC.
The Weatherflow sensor on Folly Beach Pier measured a wind gust of 64 mph.
The Weatherflow sensor at Sullivans Island measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph at 1158 PM.
The Weatherflow sensor on the Isle of Palms Pier measured a wind gust of 63 mph.
Emergency management reported a tree down on Johnsville Road.
Emergency management reported a tree down on Jefferies Highway.
The media reported a tree down on the road near the intersection of Highway 61 and Summers Drive.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Cavanaugh Road and Crosby Corner Road.
Emergency management reported two trees down along Cavanaugh Road.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway near the intersection of Tarboro Road and Quail Drive.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway near the intersection of Bamburg Highway and Salkehatchie Highway.
Emergency management reported a tree down on Clatty Farm Road.
Emergency management reported a tree down along the Ace Basin Parkway.
Emergency management reported a tree down along Combahee Road.
Emergency management reported a tree leaning on a power line near Sheppard Road and Holly Hall Road.
Emergency management reported a tree down along Lodge Highway.
Emergency management reported a tree down along Highway 174.
Emergency management reported a tree down on Palm Green 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, February 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 868401, 867836, 867841, 867840, 867839, 868402, 868403, 868404, 868405, 868406, 868407, 868408, 868409, 868411, 868412, 868413, 868414, 868415, 868416.