Thunderstorm Wind — Lee, South Carolina

2022-06-16 · near St Charles, Lee, South Carolina

Event narrative

Two trees and a power line were downed near US Hwy 76 and Log Rd. Time estimated.

Wider weather episode

Scattered thunderstorms developed near the mountains, and a lee side surface trough, to the north and then shifted south and organized into a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) that produced strong damaging winds and some hail across the Midlands of SC, along with locally heavy rain and flooding in the Columbia metropolitan area, in the afternoon and evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1022769. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.