South Carolina, 1994Tornado in South Carolina, December 4, 1994
December 4, 1994 · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Tornado, Abbeville
- When
- December 4, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Abbeville County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 34.223, -82.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A small tornado struck suddenly from a relatively weak thunderstorm. The tornado severely damaged six homes will lesser damage to seven other homes, destroyed some outbuildings and carports, and downed numerous trees and power lines. One person sustained minor injuries. Because it hit a populated section damage was quite high for a small tornado (estimated at $500,000).
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- 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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