South Carolina, 2000Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 16, 2000
March 16, 2000 · NWS CAE · 4 events in 3 counties and zones
3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Tornado, Richland
- When
- March 16, 3:30 PM EST to 3:32 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, Ft Jackson
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 34.017, -80.933
An F0 touched down in the forest area of Ft. Jackson taking down trees and killing one deer.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kershaw
- When
- March 16, 4:48 PM EST
- Where
- Kershaw County, Lugoff
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.217, -80.667
A downburst caused moderate damage at a construction site in Lugoff.
Tornado, Richland
- When
- March 16, 5:52 PM EST to 5:53 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, 2 mi WSW of Mc Entire Ang
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -80.833
An F0 touched down along SC hwy 86 and took down some trees.
Tornado, Sumter
- When
- March 16, 6:32 PM EST
- Where
- Sumter County, 3 mi WSW of Rembert
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.083, -80.550
Spotter observed an F0 touch down on his property which took down some trees.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes in Texas, March 16, 2000$300,000 · F2 · 3 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 16, 2000$1.1 million · F0 · 11 events
- Hail in Texas, March 16 to 17, 2000$100,000 · 2.5 in hail · 15 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 16, 2000$152,000 · F0 · 5 events
- Winter Storm in Ohio, March 16, 2000$45,000 · 3 events
- Winter Weather in Vermont, March 16 to 17, 2000$35,000 · 7 events
- Hail in Texas, March 16, 2000$40,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 16 to 17, 2000$20,000 · 2 events
- Heavy Snow in Maine, March 16 to 17, 200016 events
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 16, 2000$20,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 16, 2000$20,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Oklahoma, March 16, 200015 events
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: 5136597, 5136598, 5136599, 5136600.