Cold/Wind Chill — Southern Oconee, South Carolina

2000-12-12 to 2000-12-13 · Southern Oconee, South Carolina

Wider weather episode

Bitterly cold temperatures persisted over upstate South Carolina during mid-December, eventually reaching dangerous status. A 79-year old male Alzheimer's patient died of susoected hypothermia sometime during the night of the 12th-13th. The heat was off in the man's mobile home when the county coroner went to investigate. The extreme cold would persist until after Christmas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5178415. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.