Strong wind gusts occurred ahead of a strong cold front in the early morning hours, as well as behind the front through the afternoon. The strong wind gusts produced scattered wind damage 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 wind gusts occurred ahead of a strong cold front in the early morning hours, as well as behind the front through the afternoon. The strong wind gusts produced scattered wind damage 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 Mar 12, 4:16 AM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
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8 strong wind, 2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reported numerous trees down across Jasper County due to gusty winds.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reported numerous trees down across Jasper County due to gusty winds.
Beaufort County Emergency Management reported numerous trees and power lines down across the county due to gusty winds. The peak gust at the Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station (KNBC) was 44 mph.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reported two trees down in Hampton County due to gusty winds.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reported numerous trees down across Colleton County due to gusty winds.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reported numerous trees down across Colleton County due to gusty winds.
Charleston Police Department reported multiple transport trucks overturned on the Don Holt and Wando River bridges, causing the bridges to be closed. A social media video showed the container from one truck being blown off, onto a police car, and into the Wando River. The strongest winds in this area occurred around 7 am EST. The Weatherflow site at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor measured a 64 mph wind gust at 7:29 am EST. Also, the Charleston International Airport (KCHS) measured a 59 mph wind gust at 7:33 am EST.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down near the intersection of Snake Road and Red Bank Road.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reported three trees down in Dorchester County due to gusty winds.
Multiple observation sites reported wind gusts of 58 mph or stronger. The Weatherflow site at the Isle of Palms pier measured a 63 mph wind gust. The Weatherflow site at the Folly Beach County Park measured a 63 mph wind gust. The Charleston International Airport (KCHS) measured a 59 mph wind gust. The gusty winds caused two small planes at the airport to be toppled over.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, March 2022
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: 1009838, 1009839, 1009834, 1009835, 1009840, 1009841, 1009832, 1009833, 1009836, 1009842.