Thunderstorm Wind, Aiken
- When
- November 2, 2:56 PM EST
- Where
- Aiken County, Aiken
- Coordinates
- 33.544, -81.635 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Large trees blown down by thunderstorm winds.
Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, November 2, 1995
3 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $225,000
- 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.
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:56 UTC.
Event by event
3 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lexington
- When
- November 2, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Lexington County, Gaston
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $225,000
- Coordinates
- 33.902, -81.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Three mobile homes, two frame homes, and one shed destroyed.
Tornado, Calhoun
- When
- November 2, 4:02 PM EST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Columbia
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.675, -80.780 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One home destroyed and one severely damaged. Six outbuildings and two grain bins were destroyed. Farm equipment destroyed and one car overturned.
Hail, Orangeburg
- When
- November 2, 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Orangeburg County, Orangeburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.439, -80.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- November 2, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, Eastover
- Coordinates
- 34.022, -80.903 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees blow down.
Tornado, Clarendon
- When
- November 2, 4:43 PM EST
- Where
- Clarendon County, Summerton
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.666, -80.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado touched down in a grove of trees and took them down.
Hail, Clarendon
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clarendon County, Jordan
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.666, -80.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Edgefield
- When
- November 2, 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- Edgefield County, Edgefield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.772, -81.967 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
On November 2, 1995 a line of severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front and produced several tornadoes in central South Carolina. Large hail and damaging winds also accompanied these storms. The most severe damage occurred in southeast Lexington and Western Calhoun counties where an F3 and F2 tornadoes destroyed several framed and mobile homes.
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.
- 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 and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, November 2, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, November 2, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 2, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, November 2, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 2, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, November 2, 1995
- Hail in Ohio, November 2, 1995
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 1995Warnings in South Carolina, November 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: 10347466, 10346767, 10347244, 10346974, 10347010, 10347142, 10347143, 10347357.