Thunderstorm Wind, Greenville
- When
- March 16, 6:00 PM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Greenville County, White Horse
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -82.430
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 16, 1996
The second area of severe thunderstorms produced some reports of damaging wind as trees and power lines were downed. Around Easley and in Central trees fell onto houses and garages causing some damage.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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.
The second area of severe thunderstorms produced some reports of damaging wind as trees and power lines were downed. Around Easley and in Central trees fell onto houses and garages causing some damage. In west Greenville the combination of wind and hail shattered windows in a restaurant. Several thousand customers in the west side of Greenville county were without power for a number of hours.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 16 to 17, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 16, 1996
- Tornado in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Tornado in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Hail in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, March 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 16 to 17, 1996
More
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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: 5540667.