Thunderstorm Wind — Fairfield, South Carolina

2024-07-17 · near Salem Xrds, Fairfield, South Carolina

Event narrative

Fairfield County Dispatch reported trees down on Newberry Road near Salem Crossroads. Time estimated by radar.

Wider weather episode

Unusually deep trough across the Great Lakes helped create weak shortwaves across the southeastern US during mid-July. With hot surface temperatures in the mid and upper 90s, an unstable atmosphere developed and resulted in scattered strong to severe thunderstorms on the afternoon and evening of July 17. Microbursts were the primary cause of damaging winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1194380. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.