A thunderstorm that moved through the area Monday night left a small amount of debris in the yards of some Pee Dee residents, but for others, the damage was much more severe.
Strong winds tore a 40-year-old oak tree from its roots and caused it to come crashing down through a roof and into the garage of the Herring family home in Effingham late Monday evening.
“I just heard the wind … it was a big gush of wind, and I heard a big pow,” Kay Herring said. “I saw Romeo, my horse, I seen him running, and that’s when I heard the crash.”
Herring and her husband, Harold, discovered the tree had landed in the garage on top of his truck. One of the limbs had impaled the hood of his vehicle and crushed the engine, he said.
“He’s had that truck since we’ve been dating,” she said. “I don’t know if it can be fixed. I was hoping it was because it’s kind of special.”
No one was injured as a result of the tree falling.
Tuesday’s storm developed strong winds in Sumter and Clarendon counties and moved across Florence, Marion and Dillon counties. The thunderstorm had a sustained history of strong straight-line winds, which were likely the culprit of much of the damage in the Pee Dee. The areas with the most damage were the southern portion of Dillon County and northern Marion County, where winds were measured at 69 mph.
— WBTW News13 meteorologist Frank Johnson contributed to this report.
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