South Carolina, 1996

Tornado 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.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1.0 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.

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:43 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Anderson

When
September 16, 3:45 PM EST to 3:46 PM EST
Where
Anderson County, 2 mi N of (And)anderson Co Arp
Rating
F1
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
220 yd
Property damage
$1.0 million
Coordinates
34.530, -82.720

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

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Every storm in South Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 1996Warnings in South Carolina, September 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: 5574297.