Thunderstorm Wind in Bamberg County, South Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind August 18, 2024 · Bamberg 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

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

The wider storm

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.

Began near Springtown (33.1900, -81.0800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1194251. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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