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Thunderstorm Wind in Lee County, South Carolina
Thunderstorm Wind April 19, 2019 · Lee County, South Carolina
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Trees were downed along I-20 near the 114 mile marker.
The wider storm
Moderate to strong atmospheric instability and shear led to a line of showers and thunderstorms along a cold front, that moved east across the region during the afternoon, producing wind damage along with some embedded tornadoes.
NWS Storm Survey teams found that a total of 5 tornadoes occurred. Considerable thunderstorm downburst wind damage also occurred. A 3-year-old boy was killed when a large tree, that was downed by strong thunderstorm winds, fell onto his home near Sumter, SC.
Began near Manville (34.2000, -80.3200).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 813635. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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