Thunderstorm Wind — Laurens, South Carolina

2023-08-12 · near Fountain Inn, Laurens, South Carolina

Event narrative

County comms reported a tree blown down and blocking part of the road near the intersection of Durbin Rd and Sullivan Rd, a tree across a railroad track at Old Laurens Rd and Owings Park Dr, and another tree down at Hayes Dr and Cooley Rd.

Wider weather episode

A couple of broken lines of thunderstorms moved across upstate South Carolina during the late afternoon and early evening. A few of the storms produced swaths of strong-to-damaging wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1136908. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.