Thunderstorm Wind — Lancaster, South Carolina

2024-12-29 · near Kershaw Muni Arpt, Lancaster, South Carolina

Event narrative

Lancaster County Emergency Management reported multiple trees down across the Lancaster/Kershaw County line through the Rich Hill area. Time estimated by radar.

Wider weather episode

A deep upper trough and an associated surface prefrontal trough translated from the Deep South into the Southeast during the morning hours. A long-lived QLCS containing strong to severe storms propagated along with the prefrontal trough, likely cold-pool dominated. This QLCS produced multiple reports of wind damage as well as multiple confirmed tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1221831. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.