Lightning, Anderson
- When
- March 12, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Anderson County, 6 mi WNW of Williamston
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 34.653, -82.578
Lightning Strike in South Carolina, March 12, 2010
Three quarter horses were killed by a lightning strike at a horse stable near Wiliamston.
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Three quarter horses were killed by a lightning strike at a horse stable near Wiliamston.
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Coastal Flood and High Surf in New York, March 12 to 15, 2010
- Rip Current in Florida, March 12, 2010
- Avalanche in Colorado, March 12, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 12, 2010
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, March 12 to 13, 2010
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, March 12, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 12, 2010
- Flooding in South Dakota, March 12 to 28, 2010
- Hail in Tennessee, March 12, 2010
- Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, March 12, 2010
- Flooding in South Dakota, March 12 to 31, 2010
More
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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: 220814.