Thunderstorm Wind — Laurens, South Carolina

2023-05-09 · near Cooks Xrds, Laurens, South Carolina

Event narrative

Ham radio operator reported numerous trees blown down along Pennington Rd.

Wider weather episode

Multiple strong to severe thunderstorms developed near a cold front during the late afternoon and evening across Greenville and vicinity. Some of the storms produced swaths of large to very large hail along with some isolated damaging wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1104929. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.