Thunderstorm Wind, Florence
- When
- February 24, 4:14 PM EST
- Where
- Florence County, 0.69 mi N of (Flo)florence City-C
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.190, -79.720
Measured wind gust.
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, February 24, 2024
Showers with nearly no lightning and only a few pixels of 40dBZ produced a severe wind gusts due to high dewpoint depressions/downdraft acceleration.
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
- 0
- 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 ILM wrote it up.
Showers with nearly no lightning and only a few pixels of 40dBZ produced a severe wind gusts due to high dewpoint depressions/downdraft acceleration.
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:12 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
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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: 1153597.