South Carolina, 2022Strong Wind in South Carolina, December 23, 2022
December 23, 2022 · NWS CHS · 3 events in 1 county or zone
A strong cold front pushing through the Southeast United States led to gusty wind conditions capable of downing trees across Southeast South Carolina.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A strong cold front pushing through the Southeast United States led to gusty wind conditions capable of downing trees across Southeast South Carolina.
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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 23, 7:02 AM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 7:02 AM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 23, 8:13 AM EST, 26 minutes before
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</html>Strong Wind, Northern Colleton
- When
- December 23, 8:39 AM EST to 8:40 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Colleton forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 32.843, -80.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking Broxton Bridge Highway.
Strong Wind, Northern Colleton
- When
- December 23, 8:53 AM EST to 8:54 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Colleton forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 32.843, -80.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking part of the roadway on Sweat Street.
Strong Wind, Northern Colleton
- When
- December 23, 9:04 AM EST to 9:05 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Colleton forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 32.843, -80.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking both lanes on Polk Road.
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in New York, December 23 to 27, 202244 deaths · $16 million · 51 kt wind · 24 events
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Ohio, December 23 to 24, 20228 deaths · 73 injured · 58 events
- Cold in South Carolina, December 23 to 24, 20222 deaths · 12 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Vermont, December 23, 20221 death · $3.7 million · 61 kt wind · 17 events
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Maine, December 23 to 24, 2022$32 million · 58 kt wind · 32 events
- Extreme Cold in Indiana, December 23 to 24, 20221 death · 27 events
- Flooding and Coastal Flood in New Hampshire, December 23 to 25, 2022$10 million · 62 kt wind · 38 events
- High Wind in Maryland, December 23 to 24, 20221 death · 55 kt wind · 4 events
- Extreme Cold in Kentucky, December 23 to 24, 20221 death · 1 event
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, December 23 to 25, 2022$3.6 million · 12 events
- High Wind and Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 23 to 24, 2022$500,000 · 52 kt wind · 36 events
- Flooding and Coastal Flood in Massachusetts, December 23, 2022$146,000 · 64 kt wind · 30 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: 1067012, 1067013, 1067018.