Strong Wind, Southern Greenville
- When
- May 13, 2:20 PM EST to 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Greenville forecast zone
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
Strong Wind in South Carolina, May 13, 1997
A cement block wall collapsed causing minor injuries to six workers. The damage was blamed on gusty winds which were well below high wind criteria - reported in the area to as high as 30 to 35 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Property damage
- $3,000
- 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.
A cement block wall collapsed causing minor injuries to six workers. The damage was blamed on gusty winds which were well below high wind criteria - reported in the area to as high as 30 to 35 mph.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 13, 1997
- Cold in Nebraska, May 13, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 13, 1997
- Cold in Iowa, May 13, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 13 to 14, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 13, 1997
- Hail in Virginia, May 13, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1997
- Wildfire in Nevada, May 13, 1997
- High Wind in North Carolina, May 13, 1997
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, May 1997
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: 5598530.