Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, July 6, 1995

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, July 6, 1995
Start: 1995-07-06T13:32
End: 1995-07-06T19:25
Location: South Carolina

July 6, 1995 · 36 events in 18 counties and zones

19 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 36 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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Heat and drought
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $48,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 36

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 Columbia radar (KCAE), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:32 UTC.

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Event by event

19 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Kershaw

When: July 6, 1:32 PM EST
Where: Kershaw County, Camden
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.339, -80.590 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Marlboro

When: July 6, 1:35 PM EST
Where: Marlboro County, Wallace
Coordinates: 34.602, -79.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lexington

When: July 6, 2:03 PM EST
Where: Lexington County, Pelion
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.902, -81.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Richland

When: July 6, 2:30 PM EST
Where: Richland County, E.Coumbia
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 34.022, -80.903 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kershaw

When: July 6, 2:45 PM EST
Where: Kershaw County, Se Camden
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.339, -80.590 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An area of thunderstorms developed in central South Carolina accompanied by large hail. Lightning hit a tree at Fort Jackson, then jumped to tents nearby, killing one soldier and injuring four others. Training had been suspended due to approaaching thuderstorm and soldiers had gone to their respective tents as per thunderstorm preparedness procedures.

Hail, Bamberg

When: July 6, 2:47 PM EST
Where: Bamberg County, Denmark
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.215, -81.054 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Chesterfield

When: July 6, 3:00 PM EST
Where: Chesterfield County, Chesterfield
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.692, -81.159 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Lee

When: July 6, 3:19 PM EST
Where: Lee County, Woodrow
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 34.163, -80.254 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large limbs down.

Hail, Orangeburg

When: July 6, 3:30 PM EST
Where: Orangeburg County, Bolentown
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 33.439, -80.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Bamberg

When: July 6, 3:45 PM EST
Where: Bamberg County, Denmark
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.215, -81.054 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sumter

When: July 6, 3:50 PM EST
Where: Sumter County, Pinewood
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.916, -80.382 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Darlington

When: July 6, 3:50 PM EST
Where: Darlington County, Hartsville
Coordinates: 34.332, -79.958 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Darlington

When: July 6, 4:05 PM EST
Where: Darlington County, West of Hartsville
Coordinates: 34.332, -79.958 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Darlington

When: July 6, 4:05 PM EST
Where: Darlington County, Hartsville
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 34.332, -79.958 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees down.,

Tornado, Darlington

When: July 6, 4:05 PM EST
Where: Darlington County, Hartsville
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 34.332, -79.958 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Darlington

When: July 6, 4:10 PM EST
Where: Darlington County, Society Hill
Coordinates: 34.332, -79.958 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numberous trees down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Darlington

When: July 6, 4:10 PM EST
Where: Darlington County, Society Hill
Coordinates: 34.332, -79.958 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Darlington

When: July 6, 4:16 PM EST
Where: Darlington County, Hartsville
Coordinates: 34.332, -79.958 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Darlington

When: July 6, 4:16 PM EST
Where: Darlington County, Near Hartsville
Coordinates: 34.332, -79.958 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An area of thunderstorms near Hartsville spawned a small tornado that touched down between Hartsville and Society Hill. Thunderstorms and associated tornado blew down trees and powerlines.

Hail, Orangeburg

When: July 6, 4:18 PM EST
Where: Orangeburg County, Lodge
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.439, -80.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Orangeburg

When: July 6, 4:20 PM EST
Where: Orangeburg County, Elloree
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.439, -80.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Clarendon

When: July 6, 4:48 PM EST
Where: Clarendon County, Summerton
Coordinates: 33.666, -80.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Dillon

When: July 6, 4:50 PM EST
Where: Dillon County, Dillon
Coordinates: 34.392, -79.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several tree limbs down and power outages in rural areas.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clarendon

When: July 6, 4:55 PM EST
Where: Clarendon County, South of Paxville
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 33.666, -80.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Dillon

When: July 6, 5:00 PM EST
Where: Dillon County, Oak Grove
Coordinates: 34.392, -79.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees down and building under construction was flattened.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dillon

When: July 6, 5:00 PM EST
Where: Dillon County, Oakgrove
Coordinates: 34.392, -79.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees blown down and a building under construction was flattened.

Hail, Dorchester

When: July 6, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Dorchester County, Ridgeille
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.080, -80.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Marion

When: July 6, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Marion County, Marion
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.080, -79.362 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Marion

When: July 6, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Marion County, Mullins
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.080, -79.362 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Wind blew down trees up to 14 inches in diameter.

Thunderstorm Wind, Marion

When: July 6, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Marion County, Mullins
Coordinates: 34.080, -79.362 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Six to fourteen inch diameter trees blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Colleton

When: July 6, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Colleton County, Walterboro
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.843, -80.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and powerlines down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Colleton

When: July 6, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Colleton County, Walterboro
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 32.843, -80.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Horry

When: July 6, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Horry County, Mount Olive
Coordinates: 33.905, -78.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Brief power outage due to thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Allendale

When: July 6, 6:30 PM EST
Where: Allendale County, Allendale
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.988, -81.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and powerlines downed by wind.

Thunderstorm Wind, Allendale

When: July 6, 6:30 PM EST
Where: Allendale County, Allendale
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.988, -81.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms accompanied by hail and strong winds moved across central, eastern and southern South Carolina during the afternoon and evening causing considerable but mostly minor damage. Fallen trees closed Lightwood Knot Road in southern Lee County, trees and large limbs blown down in Clarendon, Lee and Orangeburg Counties.

Hail, Aiken

When: July 6, 7:25 PM EST
Where: Aiken County, Jackson
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.544, -81.635 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

Every storm in South Carolina in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history The tornado archive for South Carolina, 1995 Warnings 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: 10347447, 10346810, 10346763, 10347006, 10347448, 10347080, 10347097, 10346723, 10346880, 10347081, 10346267, 10347253, 10347254, 10347255, 10347256, 10347257, 10347258, 10347259, 10347260, 10346908, 10346882, 10347111, 10347307, 10347141, 10347308, 10347309, 10345465, 10346786, 10346787, 10346788, 10347198, 10347199, 10347394, 10347524, 10347525, 10347464.