South Carolina, 1993

Tornado in South Carolina, May 4, 1993

May 4, 1993 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
Crop damage
$50
Events
1

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. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Fairfield

When
May 4, 5:45 PM EST
Where
Fairfield County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
33 yd
Property damage
$50,000
Crop damage
$50
Coordinates
34.430, -80.870

Tornado observed dipping down out of clouds, destroyed a lake house and several large trees, then moved out over Lake Wateree and dissipated.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 1993Every state in 1993This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 1993Warnings in South Carolina, May 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: 10347359.