There were scattered reports of dime-size hail, and a tree fell on a moving car, injuring the driver. A mobile home was damaged in Coward, and in Florence a wheelchair ramp was thrown through a house wall.
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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 episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
There were scattered reports of dime-size hail, and a tree fell on a moving car, injuring the driver. A mobile home was damaged in Coward, and in Florence a wheelchair ramp was thrown through a house wall. There were many minor car accidents and power outages.
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:10 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 1998
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: 5655938.