Tornado, Oconee
- When
- April 4, 3:09 PM EST
- Where
- Oconee County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -83.100
Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, April 4, 1989
19 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- $3.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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
19 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Anderson
- When
- April 4, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -82.530
Tornado, Greenville
- When
- April 4, 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Greenville County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -82.500
Tornado, Spartanburg
- When
- April 4, 4:18 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -82.050
Hail, Anderson
- When
- April 4, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -82.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Abbeville
- When
- April 4, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Abbeville County
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -82.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Pickens
- When
- April 4, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -82.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Oconee
- When
- April 4, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Oconee County
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -83.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- April 4, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -82.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Pickens
- When
- April 4, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pickens County
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -82.680
Tornado, Cherokee
- When
- April 4, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -81.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Abbeville
- When
- April 4, 3:48 PM CST
- Where
- Abbeville County
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -82.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- April 4, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Laurens County
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -82.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- April 4, 4:09 PM CST
- Where
- Spartanburg County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -82.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenville
- When
- April 4, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Greenville County
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -82.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- April 4, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Laurens County
- Coordinates
- 34.470, -81.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- April 4, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Spartanburg County
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -81.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- April 4, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -81.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Newberry
- When
- April 4, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Newberry County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -81.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Aiken
- When
- April 4, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Aiken County
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -81.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- April 4, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -81.250
Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- April 4, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- York County
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -81.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfield
- When
- April 4, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Fairfield County
- Coordinates
- 34.400, -81.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- April 4, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -80.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumter
- When
- April 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sumter County
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -80.280
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 4, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 4, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 4, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 4, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 4, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 4, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 4, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, April 4, 1989
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 4, 1989
- Hail in Missouri, April 4, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 4, 1989
- Hail in Indiana, April 4, 1989
More
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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: 10111053, 10111061, 10111062, 10111067, 10111054, 10111055, 10111056, 10111057, 10111058, 10111059, 10111070, 10111060, 10111063, 10111064, 10111065, 10111066, 10111068, 10111069, 10111071, 10111072, 10111073, 10111074, 10111075, 10111076, 10111077.