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O C O N E E

ANDERSON

L A U R E N S

UNION

ABBEVILLE

GREENWOOD

NEWBERRY

FAIRFIELD

CHESTER

YORK

LANCASTERCHESTERFIELD

MARLBORO

DILLON

MARION

H O R R Y

WILLIAMSBURG

ORANGEBURG

CLARENDON

GEORGETOWN

B E R K E L E Y

C O L L E T O N

J A S P E R

HAMPTON

ALLENDALE

BAMBERGB A R N W E L L

A I K E N

E D G E F I E L D

S A L U D A

LEXINGTON

R I C H L A N D

CALHOUN

SUMTER

K E R S H A WDARLINGTON

LEE

FLORENCE

PICKENS

GREENVILLE

SPARTANBURG

CHEROKEE

DORCHESTER

BEAUFORT

CHARLESTON

CHARLESTON

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Charleston

Beaufort

Aiken

Columbia

Florence

Rock HillGreenvilleSpartanburg

N O R T H C A R O L I N A

G E O R G I A

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.

TORNADOES

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.

McCORMICK

A waterspout observed over the Cooper River near Charleston.

Myrtle Beach

F1 (86-110 mph)F2 (111-135 mph)F3 (136-165 mph)F4 (166-200 mph)

Fujita ScaleTornadoMagnitude

1984 Outbreak

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