Tornado, Newberry
- When
- May 23, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Newberry County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -81.720
Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, May 23, 1988
11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Greenwood
- When
- May 23, 3:24 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -82.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Newberry
- When
- May 23, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Newberry County
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -81.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Newberry
- When
- May 23, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Newberry County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -81.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- May 23, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Spartanburg County
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -81.920
Hail, Greenwood
- When
- May 23, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -82.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenwood
- When
- May 23, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -82.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- May 23, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -81.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Chester
- When
- May 23, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chester County
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -80.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- May 23, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -81.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfield
- When
- May 23, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Fairfield County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -80.950
Hail, Lexington
- When
- May 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -81.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- May 23, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -81.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- May 23, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -80.770
Hail, Richland
- When
- May 23, 6:56 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -80.900
Hail, Richland
- When
- May 23, 7:01 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -80.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumter
- When
- May 23, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sumter County
- Coordinates
- 34.050, -80.350
Hail, Orangeburg
- When
- May 23, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Orangeburg County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -80.820
Hail, Dorchester
- When
- May 23, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dorchester County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -80.630
Hail, Berkeley
- When
- May 23, 11:01 PM CST
- Where
- Berkeley County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -80.150
Hail, Clarendon
- When
- May 23, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clarendon County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -80.000
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 23, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, May 23, 1988
- Hail in Mississippi, May 23, 1988
- Hail in Ohio, May 23, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 23, 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, May 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: 10111859, 10111856, 10111857, 10111858, 10111860, 10111861, 10111862, 10111863, 10111864, 10111865, 10111866, 10111867, 10111868, 10111869, 10111870, 10111871, 10111872, 10112721, 10112722, 10112723, 10112724.