South Carolina, 2000

Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, July 23, 2000

July 23, 2000 · NWS CHS · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$200,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:07 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Berkeley

When
July 23, 5:10 PM EST
Where
Berkeley County, Russellville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.400, -79.967

Tornado, Charleston

When
July 23, 8:30 PM EST to 8:32 PM EST
Where
Charleston County, Isle of Palms
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
40 yd
Property damage
$200,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
32.783, -79.767

Waterspout came ashore briefly and damaged two homes under construction. A flower pot was thrown through a car window a block away.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

More

Every storm in South Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Carolina, 2000Warnings in South Carolina, July 2000

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: 5163748, 5163747.