Thunderstorm Wind, Abbeville
- When
- May 5, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Abbeville County
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -82.280
Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 5, 1991
6 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenwood
- When
- May 5, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -82.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- May 5, 4:08 PM CST
- Where
- Laurens County
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -81.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Newberry
- When
- May 5, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Newberry County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -81.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Aiken
- When
- May 5, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Aiken County
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -81.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumter
- When
- May 5, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Sumter County
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -80.480
Tornado, Clarendon
- When
- May 5, 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Clarendon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -80.020
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.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Sumter | 1991-05-05 | Direct |
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 5, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 5, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 5, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 5, 1991
- Tornado in Colorado, May 5, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 5, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 5, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 5, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 5, 1991
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1991Every state in 1991This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 1991Warnings in South Carolina, May 1991
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: 10112318, 10112319, 10112320, 10112321, 10112322, 10112323, 10112324.