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Thunderstorm Wind — Clarendon, South Carolina
May 23, 2026 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
—
Magnitude
35 EG
Area
Clarendon
Event narrative (NOAA)
A broken line of thunderstorms formed along an outflow boundary and moved across the northern half of Lake Marion the evening of 5/23. Estimated winds from these thunderstorms were up to 35 kts. As these storms pushed across the lake, a women was fatally wounded from being struck by an umbrella at the Driftwood Grill restaurant on the eastern shore of Lake Marion. Report received from local media, time estimated by radar.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.