South Carolina, 1996Tornado in South Carolina, September 16, 1996
September 16, 1996 · NWS GSP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- 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.
Tornado, Anderson
- When
- September 16, 3:40 PM EST to 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson County, Sandy Spgs to 3 mi ESE of Sandy Spgs
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -82.800
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, September 16, 19962 injured · $2.0 million · F2 · 2 events
- Tornado in North Carolina, September 16, 1996$200,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Tornado in South Carolina, September 16, 1996$75,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Tornado in South Carolina, September 16, 1996$1.0 million · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in South Carolina, September 16, 1996$1.0 million · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Mississippi, September 16, 19963 injured · $600,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Tornado in Georgia, September 16, 1996$500,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in South Carolina, September 16, 1996$200,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Alabama, September 16, 1996$57,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, September 16, 1996$150,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in North Carolina, September 16, 1996$40,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, September 16, 1996$75,000 · 1 event
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: 5574296.