Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- April 28, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -82.820
Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, April 28, 1990
6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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
- 8
- Property damage
- $525,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Spartanburg
- When
- April 28, 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -81.920
Hail, Anderson
- When
- April 28, 3:12 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -82.650
Tornado, Spartanburg
- When
- April 28, 4:20 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.030, -82.080
Hail, Abbeville
- When
- April 28, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Abbeville County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -82.600
Hail, Greenville
- When
- April 28, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Greenville County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -82.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Abbeville
- When
- April 28, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Abbeville County
- Coordinates
- 34.330, -82.380
Hail, Greenville
- When
- April 28, 3:53 PM CST
- Where
- Greenville County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -82.250
Tornado, Cherokee
- When
- April 28, 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -81.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenville
- When
- April 28, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Greenville County
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -82.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- April 28, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Spartanburg County
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -81.930
Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- April 28, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- York County
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -81.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Aiken
- When
- April 28, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Aiken County
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -81.700
Hail, Lexington
- When
- April 28, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lexington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -81.520
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 28, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 28, 1990
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 28, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Florida, April 28, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 28, 1990
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: 10110019, 10110876, 10110020, 10110878, 10110021, 10110022, 10110023, 10110024, 10110880, 10110877, 10110879, 10110881, 10110882, 10110883.