Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, February 22, 1993

Name: Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, February 22, 1993
Start: 1993-02-22T01:15
End: 1993-02-22T06:41
Location: South Carolina

February 22, 1993 · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
Property damage: $5.0 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington

When: February 22, 1:15 AM EST
Where: Lexington County, Leesville
Coordinates: 33.902, -81.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington

When: February 22, 1:15 AM EST
Where: Lexington County, Leesville to
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 33.902, -81.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm blew down numerous trees, damaged a mobile home, and caused scattered damage to shingles on roofs of several houses.

Tornado, Lexington

When: February 22, 1:15 AM EST
Where: Lexington County, To 4 Ene
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.45 mi
Path width: 450 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $5.0 million
Coordinates: 33.950, -81.470

A tornado clipped off or uprooted numerous trees along a 0.5-mile-path. Roof of a house was lifted up and set back down, a mobile home destroyed, another overturned, and severely damaged, roof blown off a garage, shed picked up and destroyed, and four chicken houses damaged.

Hail, Dorchester

When: February 22, 6:41 AM EST
Where: Dorchester County, St. George to 2 E
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.080, -80.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm moved across Dorchester County. Marble- to penny-size hail reported.

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

Every storm in South Carolina in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history The tornado archive for South Carolina, 1993 Warnings in South Carolina, February 1993

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: 10346727, 10346728, 10346729, 10345446.