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Strong Wind in Southern Lancaster, South Carolina
Strong Wind December 23, 2022 · Southern Lancaster, South Carolina
What the National Weather Service wrote
The AWOS unit at Lancaster Co Airport - McWhirter Field (LKR) measured a peak wind gust of 35 kts (40 mph) at 0615 EST.
The wider storm
A strong arctic cold front moved through the region during the early morning hours of Friday, December 23, 2022. Strong arctic surface high pressure stretched from Central Canada south through the US Great Plains, while a strong area of surface low pressure was near the Eastern Great Lakes. The surface pressure gradient between the two features resulted in strong non-convective wind gusts, with the strongest wind gusts occurring during the morning hours just behind the cold frontal passage. Peak measured wind gusts ranged from 30 to 54 mph across the region. Power outages were experienced across the region.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1066602. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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