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TORNADOES
CHEROKEE
GREENVILLE
YORK
PIC KE NS
!
Spartanburg
Greenville!
SPARTANBURG
OCONEE
The larger dots and connecting line
represent an outbreak of 14 tornadoes
in March 1984 resulting in 15 deaths
and 448 injuries. The storms stretched
from Abbeville and Anderson counties
in the west to Marlboro and Horry
counties in the east.
LANCASTER
U N I ON
ANDERSON
1984 Outbreak
NORTH CAROLINA
!
Rock Hill
CHESTERFIELD
CHESTER
GEORGIA
E
MARLBORO
LAURENS
FAIR FIEL D
DILLON
K E R S H AW
NEWBERRY
DARLINGTON
M
PL
LEE
ABBEVILLE
RICHLAND
GREENWOOD
ICK
HORRY
!
S U MTE R
C
RM
Florence
Columbia
SALUDA
Mc
O
MARION
!
FLORE N CE
LEXINGTON
EDGEFIELD
!
!
CALHOUN
A IK E N
Myrtle Beach
CLARENDON
Aiken
WILLIAMSBURG
GEORGETOWN
ORANGEBURG
SA
BARNWELL
B E R K E L E Y
RL ES TON
CHA
ALLENDALE
At least three tornado events have been
recorded for every South Carolina county
since 1960. South Carolina's tornado
season is most pronounced from March
through June. Those four months account
for 52 percent of all activity over that time
period. Annual injuries, fatalities, and
damages are highly variable from year to
year. South Carolina ranks in the middle of
all U.S. states by number of tornadoes,
fatalities, injuries, and damages.
DORCHESTER
BAMBERG
COLLETON
Charleston!
HAMPTON
Fujita
Scale
Tornado
Magnitude
F1 (86-110 mph)
F2 (111-135 mph)
F3 (136-165 mph)
F4 (166-200 mph)
CHARLESTON
JASPER
Beaufort
!
BEAUFORT
A waterspout observed over the Cooper River near Charleston.