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South Carolina storm reports for September 17, 2020

NOAA recorded 4 wind reports and 10 tornado reports in South Carolina on September 17, 2020.

in South Carolina
14
Storm reports
About 57 miles from Columbia, SC
64 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 47 miles from Charleston, SC
10
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on September 17, 2020 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Wind4, most at 1 PM

Tornado10, most at 8 AM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
8:13 AMEF1About 47 miles from Charleston, SC0.6 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:49 AMEF0About 49 miles from Charleston, SC0.23 mi long, 100 yd wide
9:17 AMEF0About 45 miles from Columbia, SC0.93 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:14 AMEF0About 41 miles from Columbia, SC0.6 mi long, 25 yd wide
10:43 AMEF0About 38 miles from Columbia, SC5.88 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:06 AMEF0About 33 miles from Columbia, SC1.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
11:45 AMEF0About 29 miles from Columbia, SC0.32 mi long, 25 yd wide
12:19 PMEF0About 31 miles from Columbia, SC6.26 mi long, 25 yd wide
1:45 PMEF0About 56 miles from Columbia, SC4.99 mi long, 25 yd wide
2:21 PMEF0About 50 miles from Myrtle Beach, SC2.24 mi long, 20 yd wide

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.