Power Outage in Union, SC

County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down across Union County.

County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down across Union County.

County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down on Osborne St, a tree down on a home on Beltline Rd, and large limbs down on Hart St.

County comms reported trees and power lines blown down on Rice Ave.

Public reported multiple trees and power lines blown down in Buffalo and in Monarch Mill, with some trees on houses in Monarch Mill.

County comms reported numerous trees and some power lines blown down between Jonesville and Union.

County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down throughout Union County.

County comms reported numerous trees and power lines down across Union County, with several trees down on homes in the city of Union.

County comms reported numerous trees and power lines down across Union County, with several trees down on homes in the city of Union.

County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down in the city of Union. Two of the trees fell on residences.

County comms reported numerous trees blown down along with at least one power pole snapped along Peach Orchard Road and Webber Lake Road.

EM reported multiple trees and power lines blown down near the intersection of Highway 176 and Tinker Creek Rd.

County comms reported a tree and a power line blown down near Lockhart.

A tree was blown down on Fant Lane and another at Lakeview Heights and Pineneedle Dr in Union. A power pole was also blown over on Park Dr.

A tree was blown down along with some power lines on Pacolet St. The power lines fell on a vehicle, briefly trapping the person inside.

At least one tree was blown down on power lines near the intersection of Sardis Rd and Old Buncombe Rd. A tree was also blown down on Whitmire Highway, with at least four trees down on Lee Cemetery Rd.

At least one tree was blown down on power lines near the intersection of Sardis Rd and Old Buncombe Rd. A tree was also blown down on Whitmire Highway, with at least four trees down on Lee Cemetery Rd.

A large limb was blown down near the intersection of N Main St and Knitting Mill St in town and a utility pole was snapped and power lines were blown down on Gaffney Highway, about 2 miles north of Jonesville.

Power lines and power poles were blown down on N Church St with trees blown down on Park Dr.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down from Buffalo to Union.

A couple trees were blown down in the Buffalo area, one of which brought down power lines.

Two trees blown down around Cross Keys, including a tree on a power line off highway 49.

Trees and a power line blown down on Old Buncombe Rd.

Trees blown down on Kelly Rd and the corner of Industrial Park and highway 49. Power lines down on a house on Old Buffalo Rd, and other power lines down on Browns Creek Rd and Peach Orchard Rd.

Power lines were blown down.

Trees and powerlines were blown down along West Springs Highway.

Trees and power lines blown down. Hail the size of quarters was also observed. Two of the downed trees fell on homes.

Emergency management reported trees down. There were scattered power outages. The newspaper reported that the storms hit at separate times, with a short interval.

Ice accretion began to cause damage across northern portions of upstate South Carolina just prior to sunrise. By late morning, the ice storm had become quite serious, as thousands of trees fell across the area, and power outages were widespread. Numerous trees and large limbs fell on and damaged homes and vehicles. In Greenville and Spartanburg counties alone, around 200,000 customers lost power. Cherokee county reported that ice accumulated to a depth of one half to three-quarters of an inch, with the weight of the ice bringing down many power lines. In some areas, it took as much as 5 days to restore electricity. Duke Power estimated costs for overtime and line repair at 72 million dollars for the event in the western Carolinas, though these costs are not reflected in the property damage values for the event above. Despite the devastation, road problems were few and far between, as temperatures hovered right around freezing for most of the event.