Tornado in South Carolina, March 8, 1998

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$25,000

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.

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.

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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.

• Flash Flood in Alabama, March 8, 19984 deaths · $105 million · 1 event
• Flooding in Georgia, March 8 to 21, 19981 death · 1 injured · $161 million · 18 events
• Winter Storm in Illinois, March 8 to 9, 19982 deaths · 26 events
• Flooding in Alabama, March 8 to 17, 1998$230 million · 4 events
• Tornadoes in South Carolina, March 8, 1998$302,000 · F2 · 4 events
• Avalanche in Colorado, March 8, 19981 death · 1 event
• Flash Flooding in Alabama, March 8, 1998$11 million · 7 events
• Tornado in North Carolina, March 8, 1998$100,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, March 8 to 13, 1998$300,000 · 64 kt wind · 53 events
• Flash Flooding in Florida, March 8, 1998$3.0 million · 3 events
• Flooding in Georgia, March 8 to 14, 1998$500,000 · 40 events
• Tornado in North Carolina, March 8, 19983 injured · $100,000 · F1 · 1 event

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5638952.