The entire state averages 30 days of thunderstorm activity per year.
South Carolina averages around 50 days of thunderstorm activity a year.
Iowa averages about 50 days of thunderstorm activity per year.
By then, the storm had a lot of thunderstorm activity near its center.
The total was higher than average, although many of them were poorly defined and had little thunderstorm activity.
As a result, new thunderstorm activity began to blossom and move to the east.
The system formed within a very large area of thunderstorm activity.
South Carolina averages around 64 days of thunderstorm activity per year.
This leads to a significant decrease in thunderstorm activity, and may last from a day or two to close to a week.
The result was thunderstorm activity in an area where it normally does not occur.