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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
Media relayed photo, via social media, of a tree down on a house in Bishopville.
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 Bishopville (34.2200, -80.2500).
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 813636. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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