Thunderstorm Wind, Florence
- When
- May 29, 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Florence County, Effingham
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -79.770
Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 29, 1996
Trees downed - one fell on mobile home and slightly injured 9 year old girl. Power outage.
Where it happened
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- 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 ILM wrote it up.
Trees downed - one fell on mobile home and slightly injured 9 year old girl. Power outage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 1996
- Tornado in Utah, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 1996
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, May 29, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 29, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 29, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Utah, May 29, 1996
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 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: 5553524.