Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- July 2, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, West Spartanburg
- Property damage
- $62,000
- Coordinates
- 34.931, -81.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 2, 1995
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
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- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $62,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- July 2, 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg County, Spartanburg to Pauline
- Coordinates
- 34.931, -81.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A slow moving severe thunderstorm developed in northern Spartanburg County and moved south. Downed trees and power lines occurred around Boiling Springs, but the most damage occurred in a wooded subdivision on the west side of Spartanburg. Numerous trees and large limbs fell on houses and downing power lines resulting in flooding in normal flood prone sections of the city. A couple of cars stalled in the high water. An auto parts business in Spartanburg was struck by lightning and burned.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 2, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 2, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 2, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 2, 1995
- Hail in Colorado, July 2, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 2, 1995
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1995
- Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, July 2, 1995
- Hail in Mississippi, July 2, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 2, 1995
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, July 1995
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: 10346209, 10346210.