South Carolina, 2020Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 28, 2020
June 28, 2020 · NWS CAE · 18 events in 8 counties and zones
Upper energy, daytime heating, and the remnants of a Mesoscale Convective System, all combined to produce a band of thunderstorms that moved south across the Midlands of SC in the late afternoon and evening, and produced wind damage.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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.
Upper energy, daytime heating, and the remnants of a Mesoscale Convective System, all combined to produce a band of thunderstorms that moved south across the Midlands of SC in the late afternoon and evening, and produced wind damage.
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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 6:36 PM EST, 22 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 6:36 PM EST, 22 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- June 28, 4:48 PM EST to 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Lancaster County, 0.69 mi S of Unity
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.790, -80.700
Trees down on Shiloh Unity Rd. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- June 28, 4:49 PM EST to 4:51 PM EST
- Where
- Lancaster County, 2.19 mi NE of Camp Creek
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -80.650
Trees down on Thomson Rd. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- June 28, 4:49 PM EST to 4:51 PM EST
- Where
- Lancaster County, 2.15 mi NNE of Camp Creek
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -80.670
Tree in roadway on Camp Creek Rd. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- June 28, 4:50 PM EST to 4:52 PM EST
- Where
- Lancaster County, 1.38 mi S of Sapps Xrds
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -80.630
Tree in roadway on North Rocky River Rd. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- June 28, 4:51 PM EST to 4:53 PM EST
- Where
- Lancaster County, 2.27 mi E of Adams Xrds
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -80.580
Power lines down on Taxahaw Rd. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- June 28, 4:55 PM EST to 4:57 PM EST
- Where
- Lancaster County, 0.57 mi W of Tradesville
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -80.560
Power poles and tree limbs down. Report via mPING. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- June 28, 5:06 PM EST to 5:08 PM EST
- Where
- Lancaster County, 0.89 mi NE of Tradesville
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -80.540
Trees down on McTown Rd. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesterfield
- When
- June 28, 5:13 PM EST to 5:14 PM EST
- Where
- Chesterfield County, 1.14 mi W of Jefferson
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -80.400
Shingles were blown off and small tree limbs were downed. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Newberry
- When
- June 28, 6:10 PM EST to 6:14 PM EST
- Where
- Newberry County, 0.9 mi NW of Helena
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -81.640
Trees down near the intersection of Bradbury Way and Bush River Rd. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Newberry
- When
- June 28, 6:12 PM EST to 6:14 PM EST
- Where
- Newberry County, Gary
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -81.730
Trees down near Garys Lane and US Hwy 76. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- June 28, 6:40 PM EST to 6:42 PM EST
- Where
- Lexington County, 2.86 mi W of Chapin
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -81.400
Tree down in roadway at the intersection of Meadowlark Rd and Mountview Circle. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Newberry
- When
- June 28, 6:43 PM EST to 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Newberry County, 4.97 mi SSE of Stockman
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -81.550
Numerous hardwood trees were uprooted along O'Keefe Point Rd and Blacksgate E. A few trees fell onto homes. Only minor damage to the homes. No injuries.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- June 28, 7:06 PM EST to 7:08 PM EST
- Where
- Lexington County, 3.18 mi ENE of Providence
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.040, -81.220
Tree down in roadway at Corley Mill Rd and N Lake Dr (SC Hwy 6). Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- June 28, 7:18 PM EST to 7:20 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, 1.5 mi SSW of Capitol View
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.960, -80.940
A large tree was downed at the intersection of Garners Ferry Rd and Abernathy St. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- June 28, 7:23 PM EST to 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Lexington County, 1.85 mi WNW of St Andrews
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.040, -81.110
Tree down in roadway at Berryhill Rd and Fairway Ln. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Aiken
- When
- June 28, 8:00 PM EST to 8:02 PM EST
- Where
- Aiken County, 1.34 mi ESE of Balltown
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.570, -81.710
Power lines down on Columbia Ave. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clarendon
- When
- June 28, 8:13 PM EST to 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Clarendon County, 4.25 mi ENE of Alcolu
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.770, -80.150
Tree in roadway near the intersection of Robert Rees Durant Rd and US Hwy 301. Time estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Orangeburg
- When
- June 28, 8:37 PM EST to 8:39 PM EST
- Where
- Orangeburg County, 0.58 mi E of Elloree
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -80.570
A tree and power lines were downed on Hampton St in Elloree. Time estimated.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 28 to 29, 20201 death · $8.0 million · 52 kt wind · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 28 to 30, 20201 death · 1 injured · $310,000 · 55 kt wind · 42 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, June 28, 2020$30 million · 2 in hail · 59 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 28, 20201 death · $80,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Heat in Arizona, June 28, 20201 death · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 28, 20201 death · 1 event
- Wildfire in California, June 28 to 29, 20201 death · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 28, 2020$185,000 · EF1 · 26 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, June 28 to 30, 2020$458,000 · 56 kt wind · 6 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 28, 2020$155,000 · EF0 · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 28 to 30, 2020$38,000 · 1 in hail · 13 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 28, 2020$42,000 · 1.25 in hail · 10 events
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: 891749, 891750, 891751, 891752, 891753, 891754, 891755, 891756, 891758, 891757, 891760, 891759, 891761, 891762, 891763, 891766, 891767, 891768.