Thunderstorm Wind — Newberry, South Carolina

2025-06-09 · near Helena, Newberry, South Carolina

Event narrative

Trained weather spotter reported tree down on a powerline in the 6500-6800 block of SC 121. Time estimated by radar.

Wider weather episode

The same slow moving long wave trough caused severe weather on preceding days helped trigger and organize another broken line of severe convection in the Midlands of SC on June 9th. Sufficient low level shear and strong instability helped produce two tornadoes along with a swath of scattered damaging winds into the central Midlands.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1257739. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.