Thunderstorm Wind — Lexington, South Carolina

2025-06-08 · near St Andrews, Lexington, South Carolina

Event narrative

Broadcast media relayed a picture of a tree down on the 900 block of Tara Trail causing minor damage to the property. Time estimated by radar.

Wider weather episode

A long wave trough continued to produce mesoscale convective systems across the southeast US on June 8. Sufficient wind shear and instability coincided with this system, moving in from the west in the morning of June 8th. Scattered damaging wind gusts and large hail were observed across the Midlands of SC.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (34.0403, -81.1383)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1255126. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.