Thunderstorm Wind, Florence
- When
- August 28, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Florence County
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -79.930
Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 28, 1988
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Darlington
- When
- August 28, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Darlington County
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -80.070
Tornado, Clarendon
- When
- August 28, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Clarendon County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -80.270
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Clarendon | 1988-08-28 | Direct |
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 New York, August 28, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 28, 1988
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, August 28, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Vermont, August 28, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 28, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 28, 1988
- Damaging Wind in California, August 28, 1988
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 1988Warnings in South Carolina, August 1988
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: 10110807, 10110808, 10110809.