Thunderstorm Wind — Bamberg, South Carolina

2024-08-18 · near Springtown, Bamberg, South Carolina

Event narrative

Bamberg County dispatch reported a tree down over Erhardt Road near the intersection of Tabernacle Road. Time estimated by radar.

Wider weather episode

Scattered strong to severe storms develop during the late afternoon hours on 8/18. The environment featured a gradient in instability with weaker instability across the western Midlands (mixed layer CAPE around 1000 J/kg) to stronger instability across the central and eastern Midlands (mixed layer CAPE around 2000-2500 J/kg) with sufficient effective bulk shear around 30-35 knots. There was a gradient in moisture with Precipitable water values ranging from 1.5 inches to 1.8 inches in the eastern counties. Some drier air aloft was moving into the area with some downsloping winds at 850/700mb as the upper trough axis approached. The best forcing remained to our north over VA/NC.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1194251. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.