Thunderstorm Wind — Aiken, South Carolina

2024-07-24 · near Monetta, Aiken, South Carolina

$14K

Property damage

40 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Newberry County Emergency Management reported a tree had fallen across I-26 westbound at mile marker 88. Seven cars were then involved in accident after hitting the tree with all lanes blocked.

Wider weather episode

A stalled boundary across central South Carolina, combined with extremely high precipitable water values lead to a series of training thunderstorms and flash flooding. Skinny instability and unidirectional flow aloft caused the line of storms to move parallel to the boundary with widespread 2-3 inch per hour rates for several hours in the central Midlands. Saturated soils and some sub-severe gusty outflow winds knocked several trees down in Newberry county.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1196788. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.