Thunderstorm Wind, Abbeville
- When
- May 3, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Abbeville County
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -82.380
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 3, 1984
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $303,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Greenwood
- When
- May 3, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -82.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- May 3, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -81.070
Tornado, Jasper
- When
- May 3, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -81.000
Tornado, Beaufort
- When
- May 3, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Beaufort County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.230, -80.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Beaufort
- When
- May 3, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Beaufort County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -80.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Chester
- When
- May 3, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Chester County
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -81.280
Tornado, York
- When
- May 3, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- York County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -81.000
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 3, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 3, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 3, 1984
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 3, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 3, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 3, 1984
- Hail in Arkansas, May 3, 1984
- Hail in Texas, May 3, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado in Wyoming, May 3, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 3, 1984
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1984Every state in 1984This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 1984
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10110842, 10110843, 10110844, 10110845, 10110846, 10110847, 10110848, 10110849.