Thunderstorm Wind, Sumter
- When
- August 1, 12:53 PM EST
- Where
- Sumter County, Shaw Field
- Coordinates
- 33.916, -80.382 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Shaw Field Army Airforce Base reported wind gusts to 58 knots.
Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 1, 1994
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $55,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Darlington
- When
- August 1, 4:07 PM EST
- Where
- Darlington County, Darlington
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.332, -79.958 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Highway Patrol reported power lines down in Darlington.
Tornado, Colleton
- When
- August 1, 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Colleton County, Walter-
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 33.070, -80.850
Tornado blew down trees, damaged roof of farm building, several cars and farm equipment.
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 1, 1994
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 1, 1994
- Hail in North Dakota, August 1, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 1, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, August 1, 1994
- Tornado in Colorado, August 1, 1994
- Hail in Texas, August 1, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, August 1, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 1, 1994
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 1994Warnings in South Carolina, August 1994
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: 10346217, 10347208, 10347153.