An upper disturbance and surface boundary, combined with strong atmospheric instability and moderate deep layer shear, to produce severe thunderstorms that caused some wind damage over the NE Midlands of SC in the late afternoon and early evening.
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An upper disturbance and surface boundary, combined with strong atmospheric instability and moderate deep layer shear, to produce severe thunderstorms that caused some wind damage over the NE Midlands of SC in the late afternoon and early evening.
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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 8, 2:44 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Columbia radar (KCAE), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed along Shelley Mullis Rd near Indian Land. Time estimated.
Trees and limbs were downed on power lines on S Lake Dr. Time estimated.
SCHP reported a tree down in the roadway at Flat Creek Rd and McCowan Lane. Time estimated.
A tree was downed on a power line at Sandy Run Creek Rd and Angelus Rd. Time estimated.
A tree was downed on a power line at Little St and Huger St in Cheraw. Time estimated.
A tree was downed on a house on High St in Cheraw. Time estimated.
A tree was downed on a power line at Patrick Society Hill Rd and Ronnie Byrd Rd. Time estimated.
A tree was downed, taking down a power line, at Law St and S Heyward St in Bishopville. | Time estimated.
A tree was downed on Hill Rd between Anderson Hill Rd and Ashland Stokes Bridge Rd. Time estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 2024
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1166366, 1166368, 1166367, 1166369, 1166373, 1166374, 1166370, 1166371, 1166372.