Power Outage in Rock Hill, SC

County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across York County, especially between Clover and York. One tree was blown down on a house on Briarwood Dr in Clover.

Emergency management reported trees and power lines blown down near the intersection of Innsbruck Ct and Boulder Rd.

County comms reported trees and power lines blown down in multiple areas around Fort Mill and vicinity, especially around Tom Hall St.

Trees down and power poles broken at 16044 Hwy 215 S. Time estimated.

Ham radio operator reported multiple trees damaged, with one snapped near the intersection of Duck Haven Ln and Bonum Rd. County comms also reported power lines down on Executive Ct off Charlotte Hwy.

County comms reported trees and power lines blown down along Charlotte Highway.

County comms reported power lines blown down on Melrose Dr in Rock Hill and a tree down in Fort Mill.

County comms reported power lines blown down on Melrose Dr in Rock Hill and a tree down in Fort Mill.

County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down, mainly in the western part of York County.

County comms reported several trees and a few power lines blown down across Rock Hill.

County comms reported several trees and a few power lines blown down across Rock Hill.

County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down around the Fort Mill area.

County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down around the Fort Mill area.

Multiple sources reported wind damage, mainly in the form of downed trees and limbs from the York area to Lake Wylie. With several trees on homes and power lines. One tree fell on a vehicle at Allison Creek Rd and Highway 274, injuring an occupant. A wind gust of 55 mph was reported at the Rock Hill Airport shortly after 1500 local time, but this was several miles south of the main damage area.

Law enforcement and FD reported trees blown down on Bowater Rd, at Mt Gallant Rd and Museum Rd, and multiple large trees and power lines down on India Hook Rd just north of Celanese Rd. Public reported (via Social Media) a large tree limb fell on and damaged the roof of a home on Kemper Cir.

Law enforcement and FD reported trees blown down on Bowater Rd, at Mt Gallant Rd and Museum Rd, and multiple large trees and power lines down on India Hook Rd just north of Celanese Rd. Public reported (via Social Media) a large tree limb fell on and damaged the roof of a home on Kemper Cir.

County comms reported trees and power lines blown down in the Rock Hill area.

Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down on Mt Gallant Rd and power lines down at Springfield Pkwy and Old Nation Rd.

Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down on Mt Gallant Rd and power lines down at Springfield Pkwy and Old Nation Rd.

County comms reported a tree blown down on a home on E Gregg St and another tree down at Springs St and Hill St. Power lines were also blow down in the area.

County comms reported several power lines blown down in the Rock Hill area.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down across the northern portion of the county.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down across the northern portion of the county.

A few trees were blown down between Rock Hill and Lake Wylie, with some trees on power lines.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Hensley Rd and Dobys Bridge Rd.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down in and around Rock Hill.

Widespread tree damage extended from the North Carolina border west of Clover, across Clover, to Lake Wylie, to Rock Hill and Fort Mill. Numerous trees fell on vehicles, homes and other structures and blocked roads. Although structural damage was mainly limited to falling trees, some direct damage occurred, especially in the Clover area, where the roof was blown off a church. Awnings were also blown off some businesses in the Lake Wylie and Rock Hill areas. Some areas were without power for two days or more.

Widespread tree damage extended from the North Carolina border west of Clover, across Clover, to Lake Wylie, to Rock Hill and Fort Mill. Numerous trees fell on vehicles, homes and other structures and blocked roads. Although structural damage was mainly limited to falling trees, some direct damage occurred, especially in the Clover area, where the roof was blown off a church. Awnings were also blown off some businesses in the Lake Wylie and Rock Hill areas. Some areas were without power for two days or more.

Trees and power lines were blown down, with one tree causing significant damage to a manufactured home on Hensley Rd.

Trees and power lines blown down and several hundred power outages in the Rock Hill area. Most of the damage was in the southern part of the city, but a tree fell on a home on Westover Circle west of town. Numerous large tree limbs were also downed near the intersection of Marshall Rd and Dunlap-Roddey Rd.

Trees and power lines down.

Numerous trees, power lines, and power poles were blown down. One tree fell on a house, causing extensive damage.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down, many of which fell on homes and vehicles.

Some trees and power lines were blown down.

Trees and powerlines were blown down along Gold Mone Rd and Cherry Rd.

Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down in the Tega Cay area. An 86-year-old woman was killed on the morning of the 14th, when a tree, apparently weakened by the strong winds, fell on her.

Large tree limbs blown across power lines in Rock Hill, resulting in power outages.

Fallen limbs from thunderstorm winds fell on power lines, causing power outages. A split tree blocked a street for some time. Rainfall of 1.5 inches was also recorded.

Lightning resulted in numerous power outages.

Numerous trees and power lines down near Interstate 77.

Tropical Cyclone Florence made landfall on the 15th and moved slowly west while weakening through the 16th. Gusty winds resulted in a few trees and power lines falling across portions of the South Carolina Piedmont, with some trees falling on vehicles, structures, and roads.

Very strong west/northwest winds developed across the portions of the foothills and Piedmont during the afternoon in the wake of a cold front. Numerous trees were blown down across the area, some of which fell on and took down power lines, resulting in scattered power outages. Some minor roof damage was also reported.

Light snow developed around daybreak across far northern South Carolina in association with an area of low pressure. The snow became moderate to heavy throughout the morning, and eventually mixed with and changed to sleet. By early afternoon, a couple of inches of sleet and snow had accumulated across the area. Snow mixed with sleet and freezing rain continued into the afternoon and by late afternoon, the transition to sleet and freezing rain was complete. Total accumulations ranged from around an inch of mainly sleet across northern South Carolina to as much as 4 inches of sleet/snow north of I-85. Up to a tenth of an inch of ice also accumulated on top of the snow and sleet, resulting in very hazardous driving conditions and scattered power outages.

A mix of sleet, snow, and freezing rain overspread the South Carolina portion of the Charlotte metro during late afternoon. Sleet became the primary precipitation type during the evening, before precipitation transitioned to freezing rain by late evening. Deteriorating road conditions were reported throughout the evening. By midnight, heavy accumulations of sleet and freezing rain were reported. Most areas saw up to a quarter inch of ice accretion in addition to light sleet accumulations, resulting in scattered power outages. Roads became very treacherous and impassable in many areas until melting began on the afternoon of the 17th.

A squall line crossed Upstate South Carolina during the morning hours, knocking down trees and powerlines. Heavy rain also resulted in a few areas of flooding and flash flooding during the course of the day.

Precipitation began as light snow early in the evening across northern portions of the Upstate. By late evening, snow had mostly changed to sleet, except in areas along the North Carolina border. By the pre-dawn hours, total accumulations ranged from trace amounts of sleet near the I-85 corridor, to as much as 4 inches of snow along the North Carolina border. ||The wintry mix persisted across northern portions of the Upstate overnight. In most areas, accumulations of 1-2 inches of sleet and snow (mainly sleet) occurred, with a tenth to a quarter inch glaze of ice occurring on top of the sleet and snow. However, a small area of northern Spartanburg County saw more in the way of snow, generally 4-6 inches. Also, a small area of heavy ice accumulation occurred over the mountains of Greenville County, resulting in numerous downed trees and power outages.||Farther to the south, mixture of rain, snow, and sleet developed over the southern part of the Upstate and the northwest Piedmont of South Carolina. The precipitation continued off and on through the overnight, before changing to light rain or freezing rain during the morning of the 30th. Total sleet and snowfall accumulation ranged from trace amounts over the lower piedmont to a half inch closer to I-85. Light ice accretion occurred on the 30th, mainly on elevated surfaces.

Rain changed to snow during the early evening across the northwest Piedmont of South Carolina. Snow became heavy at times throughout the evening, and up to 4 inches had accumulated across the area by 10 pm. Snow, heavy at times and accompanied by occasional lightning, continued into the late evening and early overnight. By the time the snow tapered off, accumulations of 3-6 inches were common across the area. The heavy wet snow, combined with gusty winds, caused quite a few trees and power lines to fall, resulting in numerous power outages. Some structures received minor to moderate roof damage due to the weight of the snow. Some customers were without power for several days. Numerous traffic accidents also occurred.

Light freezing rain developed across the piedmont during the early morning hours, and continued into the afternoon. Ice accretion ranged from trace to an eighth of an inch. Sporadic damage to trees and power lines occurred, with isolated power outages.

After light sleet, occasionally mixed with snow fell for much of the early morning hours across the piedmont, the precipitation began to increase in intensity during mid-to-late morning. Precipitation began to change over to freezing rain during the afternoon, and this continued into the evening hours. Up to an inch of snow fell across the area during the morning, but sleet and ice made the greatest impact. Most locations received between 1/2 to 1 inch of sleet. In addition, freezing rain deposited a glaze of ice over the sleet during the afternoon and evening, creating extremely dangerous driving conditions, and numerous accidents. A band of moderate freezing rain resulted in damaging ice accumulations across southern portions of the Upstate during the evening, with thousands of power outages reported. Scattered power outages also across the remainder of the area.

As the cold front moved into the eastern piedmont, wind damage continued and became more severe. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Several roofs were torn off buildings. Some outbuildings and barns were destroyed.

Freezing rain began across upstate South Carolina during the early afternoon of the 4th, and had spread into the eastern piedmont by mid afternoon. Resultant damage due to ice accumulation began during the mid-to-late afternoon. The intensity of the freezing rain increased after midnight, and by dawn on the 5th, devastating ice accumulations of 1/2 to 1 1/2 inches were observed, with the hardest hit areas being along the I-85 corridor, from Anderson, to Greenville-Spartanburg, to Gaffney. Hundreds of thousands lost power, and the outages lasted for as long as 2 weeks in some areas.

High winds, mostly in the form of peak gusts rather than sustained wind, blew down a number of trees and power lines. In northern Spartanburg, the siding was blown off a building at a university. In Rock Hill, a 45 foot wall at a construction site was blown down. One worker died and 4 others were injured. Wind gusts, as measured by ASOS, did not reach more than 37 mph, and there was little other damage reported in York County.

Scattered severe thunderstorms developed in the southern and eastern parts of the Upstate late in the day. Damaging straight-line winds up to 80 mph caused several areas to experience considerable downed trees and power lines. There were a few reports of structural damage as well.

A couple of severe thunderstorms produced damaging microburst winds late in the evening. Trees and power lines were downed in a few locations and a utility building was destroyed in Moore.

Training multi-cell thunderstorms, some of which became supercells, tracked east across the Upstate during the afternoon and evening. A couple of the storms were particularly intense, producing long swaths of golf ball size hail and widespread wind damage. Trees were downed in Calhoun Falls. Golf ball size hail covered the ground for some time in northern Union county. Trees and power lines were blown down in the Travelers Rest area - some falling on houses and a sport utility vehicle. On the eastern shore of Lake Hartwell in Anderson county, 44 trees were uprooted or snapped off and several docks were blown onto the shore. Scattered trees were downed from Taylors to near the GSP Airport. Two people were slightly injured and equipment was damaged when a tent blew down at an outdoor church function in Taylors. Trees and power lines were downed from Reidville to Pacolet, across northern Union county and much of Chester county. Extensive damage to homes and businesses occurred due to falling trees and power poles near Roebuck, Whitestone, and Pacolet. More than 12,000 people were left without power in these areas. Northwest of Union a roof was blown off a trailer, 25 trees were downed - some on cars, and a billboard was blown down. A tornado was embedded in a large downburst in Adamsburg which damaged a camper, blew a large pontoon boat 75 yards, and produced extensive damage to trees and power lines. The downburst covered several square miles. Cars were damaged by falling trees in Baton Rouge and a roof was blown off a barn in Chester.

Gusty winds in excess of 25 mph blew trees and limbs onto power lines, resulting in scattered power outages across York county.

A squall line crossed the Upstate shortly after midnight with a few embedded severe thunderstorms. Wind damage was likely a result of gravity wave induced gradient winds convectively boosted by the thunderstorms. Several trees and power lines were blown down on Paris Mountain. A power line was blown down and shingles were blown off homes in Honea Path. Numerous trees were blown down from York to near Rock Hill.

Weakening low pressure in the Ohio River Valley, developing low pressure along the Gulf Coast and cold, arctic air in place across the Carolinas resulted in an icy mess across Upstate South Carolina. Precipitation which breifly began as a light mixture of sleet and snow, quickly turned to freezing rain. By 9 pm on the 29th, freezing rain resulted in a glaze 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick on exposed surfaces. Power outages were common across the region, especially in the Lower Piedmont from Abbeville to Greenwood, where many trees fell and the storm was described as "the worst in 20 years." Greenville and Pickens counties did not experience the damaging ice accumulation, but still had enough ice around to be a nuisance.

Low pressure rapidly deepened near the Carolina coast, wrapping abundant moisture back across the piedmont of the Carolinas. Snow fell all day and into the night, heavy at times south and east of a line from Abbeville to Spartanburg and Gaffney. By the time snow ended, accumulations ranged from 4 to 12 inches in a corridor no more than 100 miles wide. A swath of snowfall around 1 foot covered the area from Laurens to Union, including southern Spartanburg county, and portions of York and Chester counties. Due to the heavy wet snow, numerous power outages occurred. In the city of Clinton alone, there were 200 to 300 trees downed. Flat roofs and metal buildings collapsed as well. Damage figures were not available at the time of this writing, but are estimated to be in the millions of dollars. Light snow fell all day across Anderson and Greenville counties, with accumulations ranging from a trace to as much as 3 inches in extreme southeastern parts. This storm followed no more than 36 hours after the area received a few inches of snow and damaging ice from a previous storm over the weekend.

A cold dome of arctic high pressure centered over the Mid-Atlantic States provided very cold and dry air to Upstate South Carolina. Meanwhile, weak low pressure moved east along a frontal boundary stalled across the Gulf Coast States to the Georgia coast. Abundant moisture flowed north into the sub-freezing air over the Upstate, resulting in light snow as early as the the afternoon on the 22nd. Snow became heavy around 6 pm, with total accumulations between 4 and 7 inches, across the northern halves of Greenville and Spartanburg counties, Cherokee county, and extreme northern Union county. Across the southern half of the Upstate sleet mixed with the snow toward the evening hours. A gradual mix with and eventual changeover to freezing rain occurred between 8 pm and midnight. One to 3 inches of snow and sleet fell across the southern half of the Upstate, before the changeover to freezing rain. Freezing rain lasted all night and through much of the morning on the 23rd. Ice accumulations reached damaging levels around 3 am, causing a large number of trees and power lines to fall throughout the morning. This in turn, resulted in widespread power outages.