Thunderstorm Wind — Cherokee, South Carolina
2024-08-30 · near Blacksburg, Cherokee, South Carolina
$50K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
Emergency manager reported multiple trees blown down in the Blacksburg area, with some on houses and roads.
Wider weather episode
Scattered thunderstorms and storm clusters developed across upstate South Carolina during the afternoon into the evening. A few of the storms produced brief strong-to-damaging wind gusts. In addition, the storms tended to move slowly, and one slow-moving storm cluster produced very heavy rainfall and flash flooding in York County.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1211415. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.