Date: July 8, 2008
Time: 4:00 P.M.
Place: Anderson, SC
Camera: Sony Handycam and Canon Powershot
Warnings: Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Rating: S3

A pretty strong storm hit western Anderson this afternoon. It starting building around 3:30 and was severe within 15 minutes. I drove just a couple miles to the east, around the airport, to catch the core of the storm. There was some incredible CG lightning as the core of the storm moved over. The core also dropped lots of penny and quarter-sized hail. Afterwards, I saw some wind damage which seemed to be caused by downbursts as the storm quickly collapsed.