Thunderstorm Wind — Laurens, South Carolina

2024-05-09 · near Joanna, Laurens, South Carolina

Event narrative

Public reported trees and power lines blown down along Highway 66 in the Joanna area.

Wider weather episode

A couple of waves of strong to severe thunderstorms moved into upstate South Carolina from north Georgia and western North Carolina...one during the afternoon and evening of the 8th, and another during the early morning of the 9th. Scattered severe storms produced large hail and isolated swaths of damaging winds over the Upstate and the eastern Piedmont.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1186874. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.