Lightning, Abbeville
- When
- June 24, 5:45 PM EST to 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Abbeville County, Antreville
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.223, -82.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 24, 1996
A small complex of severe thunderstorms developed along the Georgia/South Carolina border and moved east. Large hail fell in southern Anderson county and winds from the storms blew down a house under construction west of Laurens.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- 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.
A small complex of severe thunderstorms developed along the Georgia/South Carolina border and moved east. Large hail fell in southern Anderson county and winds from the storms blew down a house under construction west of Laurens. Trees and power lines were downed in Greenwood and lawn furniture at a discount store was tossed around by the wind and damaged. Large hail shredded awnings in town.Lightning started a fire at a chicken house in Antreville. One chicken survived; 59,999 chickens died.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
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- Tornadoes in Maryland, June 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 24, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, June 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 24, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, June 24, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 24, 1996
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 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: 5549920.