South Carolina, 2024

Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 27, 2024

June 27, 2024 · NWS CHS · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

Mid-level shortwave energy advancing into the area and encountering an environment displaying modest instability and strong downdraft CAPE led to thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts across Southeast South Carolina.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$500
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 CHS wrote it up.

Mid-level shortwave energy advancing into the area and encountering an environment displaying modest instability and strong downdraft CAPE led to thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts across Southeast South Carolina.

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Colleton

When
June 27, 4:02 PM EST to 4:09 PM EST
Where
Colleton County, 2.7 mi WSW of Walterboro
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
32.880, -80.690

Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down at 665 and 3385 Hendersonville Highway, 1261 South Jefferies Road and 607 Churchill Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Colleton

When
June 27, 4:09 PM EST to 4:24 PM EST
Where
Colleton County, 0.69 mi N of Cottageville
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
32.940, -80.480

Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down at 10825 Cottageville Highway, 9200 Jacksonboro Road and 643 Jacksonboro Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Beaufort

When
June 27, 4:18 PM EST to 4:27 PM EST
Where
Beaufort County, 3.27 mi SSE of Laurel Bay
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
32.460, -80.790

Beaufort County Emergency Management reported a tree down near the intersections of Joe Frazier Road and Laurel Bay Road, Robert Smalls Parkway and Parris Island Gateway, Agnes Major Road and Cuthbert Farm Road, and a tree down on Young Circle.

Thunderstorm Wind, Beaufort

When
June 27, 4:45 PM EST
Where
Beaufort County, 0.58 mi E of Beaufort
Measured
40 kt (46 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$500
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
32.430, -80.670

A spotter reported several large tree limbs down near the intersection of Carteret Street and Craven Street.

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.

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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: 1196583, 1196619, 1196634, 1196635.