South Carolina, 2002Tornadoes in South Carolina, September 28, 2002
September 28, 2002 · NWS CHS · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Tornado, Charleston
- When
- September 28, 5:20 PM EST to 5:23 PM EST
- Where
- Charleston County, 3 mi NE of Charleston Afb
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.933, -80.000
Several spotters tracked a funnel cloud across North Charleston. Funnel finally dipped down briefly into some trees where the top was taken out of several trees and some limbs were downed. The brief touch down was near the intersection of U.S. 52 and Otranto Road, which is near the Charleston and Berkeley County line.
Tornado, Berkeley
- When
- September 28, 5:23 PM EST to 5:27 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley County, 4 mi S of Goose Creek to 4 mi SSE of Goose Creek
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.930, -80.033
Spotters continued to watch funnel cloud move out of the North Charleston area and into Berkeley County. Funnel continued to take out tops of trees as it moved into Berkeley County.
- 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.
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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: 5316891, 5316892.