Thunderstorm Wind — Union, South Carolina

2021-03-25 · near Delta, Union, South Carolina

Event narrative

NWS storm survey found multiple trees snapped or uprooted roughly along and just north of Highway 72 from the Newberry County line to near Carlisle.

Wider weather episode

Multiple supercell thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a warm front across the South Carolina Piedmont throughout the afternoon. Despite exhibiting intense rotation at times, severe weather from these storms was limited to one brief, weak tornado, isolated large hail, and straight line wind gusts as high as 85 mph.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 951683. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.