Lightning, Laurens
- When
- April 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens County, Clinton
- Coordinates
- 34.484, -82.006 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in South Carolina, April 13, 1996
Two separate lightning strikes caused damage at Clinton and caused power to be out for a number of customers for several hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Two separate lightning strikes caused damage at Clinton and caused power to be out for a number of customers for several hours.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:58 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Texas, April 13, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 13, 1996
- High Wind in Texas, April 13 to 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 13, 1996
- Flooding in New York, April 13 to 15, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 13 to 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 13, 1996
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, April 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5543138.