Lightning, Cherokee
- When
- April 7, 5:40 AM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, 1.04 mi SW of Gaffney
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.058, -81.641
Lightning Strike in South Carolina, April 7, 2023
Thunderstorms moved across Upstate South Carolina during the morning in association with a cold front. One storm producing intense lightning caused a minor injury in Gaffney.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Thunderstorms moved across Upstate South Carolina during the morning in association with a cold front. One storm producing intense lightning caused a minor injury in Gaffney.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:40 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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Sources
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: 1097462.