Tornado, Lexington
- When
- February 21, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -81.130
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, February 21, 1989
16 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 4
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Chesterfield
- When
- February 21, 8:50 AM EST
- Where
- Chesterfield County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -80.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- February 21, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -81.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- February 21, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -81.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington
- When
- February 21, 8:10 AM CST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -81.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- February 21, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -81.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Barnwell
- When
- February 21, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Barnwell County
- Coordinates
- 33.230, -81.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesterfield
- When
- February 21, 8:34 AM CST
- Where
- Chesterfield County
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -80.380
Tornado, Dillon
- When
- February 21, 9:48 AM EST
- Where
- Dillon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 130 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -79.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesterfield
- When
- February 21, 8:50 AM CST
- Where
- Chesterfield County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -80.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumter
- When
- February 21, 8:53 AM CST
- Where
- Sumter County
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -80.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesterfield
- When
- February 21, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Chesterfield County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -80.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Bamberg
- When
- February 21, 9:02 AM CST
- Where
- Bamberg County
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -81.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Marlboro
- When
- February 21, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Marlboro County
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -79.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Dorchester
- When
- February 21, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Dorchester County
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -80.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Berkeley
- When
- February 21, 10:40 AM CST
- Where
- Berkeley County
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -80.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Georgetown
- When
- February 21, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Georgetown County
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -79.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Horry
- When
- February 21, 11:25 AM CST
- Where
- Horry County
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -79.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Horry
- When
- February 21, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Horry County
- Coordinates
- 34.050, -78.880
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 21, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, February 21, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 21, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 21, 1989
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, February 21, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, February 21, 1989
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 1989Warnings in South Carolina, February 1989
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: 10110817, 10111036, 10110818, 10110819, 10110820, 10110821, 10110822, 10110823, 10111042, 10111037, 10111038, 10111039, 10111040, 10111041, 10111043, 10111044, 10111045, 10111046, 10111047.