Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- June 5, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Lancaster County, 6 mi N of Lancaster
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -80.770
Sheriff reported trees down on highway 200.
Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 5 to 6, 1998
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 Columbia radar (KCAE), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:12 UTC.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfield
- When
- June 6, 4:42 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County, 12 mi NW of Winnsboro
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -81.250
Highway Patrol reported trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfield
- When
- June 6, 4:57 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County, 5 mi NW of Winnsboro
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -81.170
Sheriff reported trees down on highways 215 and 34.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kershaw
- When
- June 6, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kershaw County, Elgin
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -80.800
EPD reported trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kershaw
- When
- June 6, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Kershaw County, Lugoff
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -80.670
Sheriff reported trees down.
Tornado, Sumter
- When
- June 6, 6:10 PM EST to 6:11 PM EST
- Where
- Sumter County, 4 mi S of Rembert
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 34.050, -80.500
A strong F0 took down trees and powerlines. Minor damage was done to to two mobile homes and moderate damage was done to two sheds.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kershaw
- When
- June 6, 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Kershaw County, 10 mi W of Camden
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -80.780
EPD reported trees down on mobile home on highway 34.
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.
- 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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 5, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 5, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 5, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 5, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Washington, June 5 to 28, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 5, 1998
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 1998Warnings in South Carolina, June 1998
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5636150, 5636151, 5636152, 5636153, 5636154, 5636155, 5636156.