Thunderstorm Wind in Pickens County, South Carolina

Thunderstorm Wind July 18, 2019 · Pickens County, South Carolina

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

Deaths

Injuries

$50K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

County comms reported strong thunderstorm winds caused a home under construction to collapse on Waterlake Dr, killing two workers, and injuring two others. Several trees and power lines were also blown down in the vicinity.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms developed near the Georgia and South Carolina Blue Ridge during the afternoon and moved southeast. Some of the storms formed into small clusters and produced locally damaging wind gusts. One of these gusts resulted in fatalities in Pickens County.

Began near Eastatoe (34.9510, -82.8850).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 847952. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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