High Wind, Oconee Mountains
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Oconee Mountains forecast zone
High Wind in South Carolina, March 19, 1996
High winds along and behind a very strong cold front caused widespread damage. Shallow rooted trees fell causing some damage to structures and power lines.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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.
High winds along and behind a very strong cold front caused widespread damage. Shallow rooted trees fell causing some damage to structures and power lines. A few outbuildings were damaged. Gusts were reported as high as 60 mph in a few spots with 30 to 40 mph sustained winds gusting to 50 mph common.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
15 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Pickens Mountains
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pickens Mountains forecast zone
High Wind, Greenville Mountains
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenville Mountains forecast zone
High Wind, Greater Oconee
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greater Oconee forecast zone
High Wind, Greater Pickens
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greater Pickens forecast zone
High Wind, Greater Greenville
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greater Greenville forecast zone
High Wind, Spartanburg
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Spartanburg forecast zone
High Wind, Cherokee
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cherokee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.048, -81.620 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, York
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- York forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.975, -81.184 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Anderson
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.519, -82.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Abbeville
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Abbeville forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.223, -82.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Laurens
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Laurens forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.484, -82.006 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Union
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.689, -81.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Chester
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chester forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.692, -81.159 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Greenwood
- When
- March 19, 9:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenwood forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.154, -82.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Ohio, March 19 to 21, 1996
- Winter Storm in Illinois, March 19 to 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 19 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Maryland, March 19, 1996
- High Wind in New York, March 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, March 19 to 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, March 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in New York, March 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, March 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in New Jersey, March 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, March 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, March 19, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5540681, 5540682, 5540683, 5540684, 5540685, 5540686, 5540687, 5540688, 5540689, 5540690, 5540691, 5540692, 5540693, 5540694, 5540695.