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Thunderstorm Wind in Pickens County, South Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind July 18, 2023 · Pickens County, South Carolina

58 mph
Estimated gust (50 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Public reported a couple of trees blown down in an area just northeast of Table Rock State Park.

The wider storm

An isolated storm developed over the Blue Ridge mountains and moved southeast into upstate South Carolina during the evening. The storm produced brief damaging wind gusts over northern Pickens County. A cluster of storms later moved into the Upstate from western North Carolina during the early morning hours and produced additional isolated damaging wind gusts.

Began near Pumpkintown (35.0300, -82.6700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1125121. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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