Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Southern Plains; Fire Weather Threat in the Southwest U.S.

Thunderstorms, some severe, may produce heavy to excessive rainfall and isolated flooding over portions of the Southern Plains today and Saturday. Dry conditions, combined with gusty winds and low relative humidities will continue to support an elevated to critical fire weather threat in the Desert Southwest into to early next week. Read More >

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Date Time	Rating	County(s)	Location	Fatalities	Injuries	Path (miles)	Width (yards)
2020-04-13 0220 EST	EF3	OCONEE-SC PICKENS-SC	From 3 SSE WESTMINSTER (SC) To 2 W CENTRAL (SC)	1	5	16.67	1000
2011-04-27 2130 EST	EF3	LUMPKIN-GA WHITE-GA HABERSHAM-GA RABUN-GA	From 2 W TURNERS CORNER (GA) To 1 NE MOUNTAIN CITY (GA)	1	1	36.99	900
1998-05-07 1649 EST	F4	CALDWELL-NC	From 5 NNE GRANITE FALLS (NC) To 4 NNW BETHLEHEM (NC)	0	2	4	1320
1994-08-16 1350 EST	F3	UNION-SC SPARTANBURG-SC	From 4 NW CARLISLE (SC) To 3 SSW COWPENS (SC)	0	0	30	250
1994-03-27 1827 EST	F3	YORK-SC GASTON-NC MECKLENBURG-NC	From 3 NNW LAKE WYLIE (SC) To 2 NNW EASTLAND MALL (NC)	0	2	18.5	200
1994-03-27 1504 EST	F3	HABERSHAM-GA RABUN-GA OCONEE-SC	From 1 NNE TURNERVILLE (GA) To 4 SW SALEM (SC)	0	37	28	1760
1994-03-27 1423 EST	F3	LUMPKIN-GA WHITE-GA HABERSHAM-GA	From 4 NW DAHLONEGA (GA) To 3 ENE SAUTEE (GA)	3	15	23	1320
1994-03-27 1317 EST	F3	DAWSON-GA LUMPKIN-GA WHITE-GA HABERSHAM-GA	From 2 NW JUNO (GA) To 3 NW TURNERVILLE (GA)	3	45	44	2613
1990-10-18 1500 EST	F3	UNION-NC	From 5 NE WAXHAW (NC) To 3 N WINGATE (NC)	0	2	12	100
1989-11-15 1930 EST	F3	HABERSHAM-GA	From 4 W CLARKESVILLE (GA) To 4 WNW TURNERVILLE (GA)	0	3	8	1760
1989-05-05 1901 EST	F4	UNION-NC	From 4 N WAXHAW (NC) To 3 SSW FAIRVIEW (NC)	1	6	13	500
1989-05-05 1754 EST	F4	CLEVELAND-NC LINCOLN-NC CATAWBA-NC	From 3 W BELWOOD (NC) To 2 S HILDEBRAN (NC)	4	52	14	800
1989-05-05 1720 EST	F4	SPARTANBURG-SC CHEROKEE-SC RUTHERFORD-NC	From 4 NE BOILING SPRINGS SC (SC) To 3 E HARRIS (NC)	2	35	15	700
1974-04-08 1633 EST	F3	ANDERSON-SC	4 E SADLERS CREEK STATE PARK (SC)	0	0	1	100
1973-12-13 1530 EST	F4	GREENWOOD-SC	1 NNE NINETY SIX (SC)	2	0	1	50
1973-12-13 1525 EST	F3	GREENWOOD-SC NEWBERRY-SC	From 4 SSW GREENWOOD (SC) To CHAPPELLS	0	26	17.7	150
1973-12-13 1510 EST	F3	GREENWOOD-SC LAURENS-SC	From 3 ESE COKESBURY (SC) To 2 S CROSS HILL (SC)	0	3	10.7	200
1973-05-27 1820 EST	F3	GREENVILLE-SC SPARTANBURG-SC CHEROKEE-SC CLEVELAND-NC	From 4 ESE POWDERSVILLE (SC) To 3 WNW SHELBY (NC)	0	40	60.2	150
1973-03-31 1920 EST	F4	ABBEVILLE-SC GREENWOOD-SC	From 2 ESE CALHOUN FALLS (SC) To 1 S HODGES (SC)	7	30	22.6	200
1952-05-10 1500 EST	F3	GREENVILLE-SC SPARTANBURG-SC	From 3 ENE MAULDIN (SC) To 3 SSE PAULINE (SC)	2	4	22.7	83

STATS
Total Events		20
E/F5 Events	0	E/F4 Events	6
E/F3 Events	14
Fatal Tornadoes	10	Total Fatalities	26
Injury Tornadoes	16	Total Injuries	303
Afternoon Events	11	Evening Events	8
Overnight Events	1	Morning Events	0
Spring Events	14	Summer Events	1
Autumn Events	2	Winter Events	3
January Events	0	February Events	0
March Events	5	April Events	3
May Events	6	June Events	0
July Events	0	August Events	1
September Events	0	October Events	1
November Events	1	December Events	3
Most Events in a Month	4 (March 1994)	Most Events in 24 Hrs	4 (27 Mar 1994)
Most Events in a Year	5 (1994, 1973)