4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:43 UTC.
4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Roof on brick home damaged, shed destroyed , a boat was thrown 40 feet and a couple of trees were uprooted.
Several trees and large limbs down.
After two brief earler touchdowns in Dorchester County, the supercell crossed Interstate 26 into Berkeley County where the most extensive damage occurred. There were 442 homes damaged (17 destroyed, 113 major damage, and the remainder had minor damage. Areas hardest hit were Frankie Lane and Royale Road, where numerous mobile homes were located. There was a 90 year old female who was injured severely when her mobile home was flipped and throuwn more than 40 feet. She died several hours later. Several eye witnesses reported seeing vortices rotating around the main funnel. This fact was born out by the damage pattern in several areas.
Trees and powerlines down
Several trees and limbs down, mobile home damaged, minor roof damage to several brick homes and outdoor shed destroyed.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Berkeley | 1998-05-10 | 90 | Female | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5636648, 5636652, 5636649, 5636650, 5637107, 5636651.