South Carolina, 2024Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 9, 2024
May 9, 2024 · NWS ILM · 1 event in 1 county or zone
An isolated thunderstorm caused minor damage.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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An isolated thunderstorm caused minor damage.
What forecasters said that day
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 Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 9, 2:58 AM EST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 2:58 AM EST, 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 8, 9:37 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
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- When
- May 9, 3:32 AM EST
- Where
- Darlington County, 0.69 mi N of Lydia
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -80.120
Large tree down at corner of Galloway Town Road and Indian Branch Road causing two traffic accidents with no injuries reported.
- 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.
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Mississippi, May 9, 20241 death · 2 injured · $2.1 million · EF0 · 39 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 9, 2024$21 million · 6.12 in hail · 45 events
- Cold in California, May 9 to 11, 20241 death · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 9 to 10, 2024EF2 · 18 events
- Tornado and Hail in West Virginia, May 9 to 11, 20241 injured · $60,000 · EF1 · 15 events
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, May 9, 2024$250,000 · 1.75 in hail · 15 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 9, 2024$135,000 · EF0 · 11 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 9, 2024EF1 · 39 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Louisiana, May 9, 2024$81,000 · 2 in hail · 7 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 9, 2024$64,000 · EF0 · 5 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Alabama, May 9 to 10, 2024$500 · 4.5 in hail · 41 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 9, 2024$6,000 · 1 in hail · 37 events
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1173163.