Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- June 4, 3:45 AM EST
- Where
- Union County, Herbert Near to Carlisle
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 34.689, -81.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 4, 1994
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- $1.6 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Laurens
- When
- June 4, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, Near Joanna
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 34.484, -82.006 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Early morning severe thunderstorm moving quickly southeast caused considerable damage. Trees were topped and blown down, sheds were destroyed, and windows were blown out of a couple of houses.
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- June 4, 9:10 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Blacksburg
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.048, -81.620 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- June 4, 9:10 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Blacksburg
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 35.048, -81.620 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- June 4, 10:05 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Gaffney
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 35.048, -81.620 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- June 4, 10:05 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Gaffney
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 35.048, -81.620 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- June 4, 10:32 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Of Gaffney
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 35.048, -81.620 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Union
- When
- June 4, 10:45 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, Jonesville
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.689, -81.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A massive severe thunderstorm moved south from the Shelby, NC, area into northern Cherokee County and moved slowly across the county. This was a major hail storm with golf ball- to baseball-size hail falling for more than an hour. The largest hail, and the most damage, seemed to occur in the area from south of Gaffney to Jonesville. Up to five inches of rain fell causing localized urban flooding - though none was reported to reach flash flooding levels. Some trees were blown down although the main impact was hail and rain.
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.
- 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
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 4, 1994
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 4, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 4, 1994
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 4, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 4, 1994
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 4, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 4, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 4, 1994
- Hail in Minnesota, June 4, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 4, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 4, 1994
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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: 10346299, 10346705, 10347471, 10347472, 10347473, 10347474, 10347475, 10346300.