Thunderstorm Wind — Hampton, South Carolina

2022-06-17 · near Crocketville, Hampton, South Carolina

Event narrative

The Hampton County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Sandy Run Road and Bamberg Highway.

Wider weather episode

An upper trough digging across the Northeast United States with ample shortwave energy helped push a cold front into portions of southeast South Carolina during evening hours, igniting thunderstorms that eventually merged into a mesoscale convective system capable of producing widespread wind damage across an environment displaying moderate levels of mixed layer convective available potential energy and large downdraft convective available potential energy.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1026101. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.