South Carolina, 1990

Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, October 22, 1990

October 22, 1990 · NWS CAE · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
4
Property damage
$250,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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

1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Calhoun

When
October 22, 4:50 PM EST
Where
Calhoun County
Rating
F2
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
20 yd
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries
4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$250,000
Coordinates
33.580, -80.780

Thunderstorm Wind, Orangeburg

When
October 22, 4:15 PM CST
Where
Orangeburg County
Coordinates
33.500, -80.870

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.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Tornado, Calhoun1990-10-22Direct

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.

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 1990Every state in 1990This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 1990Warnings in South Carolina, October 1990

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10110076, 10110075.