Hey gang looks like I am just about done with phase one of our renovation... I wanted to post this earlier, but me and a contractor had to get a few things taken care of before I would let him loose to do some basement work... I wanted to take a moment and say thanks to all those hard working jocks who were on the air back on this date in 1984... It is hard to believe how time flies, but if you went through one of those devastating tornadoes that faithful day it really just shows you how valuable life is... How many on the board were on the air that day??? I was only 14 at the time, but my source of information came from WNOK as well as WPUB... I know this topic get brought up every year by me, but since we have a few members I would like to here their stories... Take Care!!! CC1
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23 Years Ago Today March 28, 1984
- Thread starter CrazeeCarroll1
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I do remember the 1984 Carolina Outbreak, although it was about 12 years later that I've realized the full damage that took place in Newberry. I've worked at the former WDXZ-FM and next to the station was a vacant lot where a business was located. I was told that the business was completly destroyed in the tornado and the building where the station was located suffered severe roof damage to the point that everytime it rained, the roof leaked. The building and lot is gone now, replaced by a hotel several years ago. I can say that I don't miss it since it was one of the few remaining scars left from the storm.
Robyn
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weird1
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I remember it well. I was on the air at WCAM at the time and we were a daytime only station. We were having work done on our tower, and at the time, the tower lights had to be turned on at the tower. Sign off was about 6 o'clock and the skies began getting dark shortly before sign off. Once the station signed off the air, I was going to walk to the tower behind the station to turn on the lights, and the sky was filled with extremely dark clouds, the winds were blowing hard, and there was an erie color of greenish yellow in the sky. The skies opened up as I was headed to turn off the lights. The static electricity was crackling off the stick. (We had an old TV tower) It was thundering and lightning everywhere. I decided to take my car and drive it to the base of the tower because it was raining hard. Once I got next to the tower, it was pouring, there was hail. I waited in my car, figuring it was the safest place to be in a thunderstorm, especially since I was right next to a rather large lightning rod. Lightning never struck the tower, but the lights went on about 30 minutes late that night. I think it was on the 7:00 report on WIS that I learned how severe the storms were that were passing through our area. I do remember as I waited next to that tower asking myself what I was doing there! If I remember correctly, one or two twisters touched down near Lake Wateree a few miles away about the time I was by that tower waiting to turn on the lights! Remember the day well, but not especially the date. I was on the air at FOX when a tornado touched down in Irmo in the early 90s. That was another crazy night to be on the air!
weird1 said:I was on the air at FOX when a tornado touched down in Irmo in the early 90s. That was another crazy night to be on the air!
Yeah, that was the one Carroll's post reminded me of. That thing cut through Lexington and Irmo like "buttah".
Scott,
Was that the one that hit Lexington on August 16th, 1994 the one your referring to?
I do remember that one almost leveled the Bi-Lo store as well as several businesses along Columbia Ave. It was later categorized as a F-3. We were very lucky that day that no one died, since the storm hit at about the beginning of rush hour.
And hat's off to you and the rest of the staff at WNOK back then for the coverage you provided that day.
Robyn
Was that the one that hit Lexington on August 16th, 1994 the one your referring to?
I do remember that one almost leveled the Bi-Lo store as well as several businesses along Columbia Ave. It was later categorized as a F-3. We were very lucky that day that no one died, since the storm hit at about the beginning of rush hour.
And hat's off to you and the rest of the staff at WNOK back then for the coverage you provided that day.
Robyn
RobynWattsV2.0 said:Scott,
Was that the one that hit Lexington on August 16th, 1994 the one your referring to?
I do remember that one almost leveled the Bi-Lo store as well as several businesses along Columbia Ave. It was later categorized as a F-3. We were very lucky that day that no one died, since the storm hit at about the beginning of rush hour.
And hat's off to you and the rest of the staff at WNOK back then for the coverage you provided that day.
Robyn
I believe so. The post by Carroll brought everything back in technicolor. The absolute most people that could be on the road were on the road when it hit, so you're dead on when you say we were lucky no one died. Amazing what Mother Nature can do. Thanks for the kind words, btw.
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weird1
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actually, she's refering to several tornados that cut across newberry, kershaw and fairfield counties. those are the 1984 tornadoes.
there was a tornado that cut through lexington during the day in 1994.
there was also a tornado in the coldstream subdivision of irmo at night in 1991 or 1992. i was on the air when that blew over, and it was at night. the lexington tornado was in the afternoon.
wb
there was a tornado that cut through lexington during the day in 1994.
there was also a tornado in the coldstream subdivision of irmo at night in 1991 or 1992. i was on the air when that blew over, and it was at night. the lexington tornado was in the afternoon.
wb
I did find some info on Wikipedia about the 1984 outbreak:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolinas_Tornado_Outbreak
As far as a personal recollection: I was 10 at the time and remember the afternoon of the storm in the South Congaree area as being mostly sunny with clouds building toward the north/northwest. The first tornado watch was just issued for South Carolina and my mother was reluctant on letting me, my sister and a friend go to a nearby park, but let us go anyway since there was no storms in our immediate area. About 5 minutes after we had arrived, my mother showed up and told us that a tornado had just hit Newberry and had told up to come home now. We left, and the clouds by that time were beginning to darken to the north. That night, I was watching WIS-TV and listening to WNOK as they gave reports of the tornadoes that were hitting the state.
Even now, I still can believe how the weather was nice were I was at, but 40 miles to the north, the area was being ravaged by tornadoes.
Robyn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolinas_Tornado_Outbreak
As far as a personal recollection: I was 10 at the time and remember the afternoon of the storm in the South Congaree area as being mostly sunny with clouds building toward the north/northwest. The first tornado watch was just issued for South Carolina and my mother was reluctant on letting me, my sister and a friend go to a nearby park, but let us go anyway since there was no storms in our immediate area. About 5 minutes after we had arrived, my mother showed up and told us that a tornado had just hit Newberry and had told up to come home now. We left, and the clouds by that time were beginning to darken to the north. That night, I was watching WIS-TV and listening to WNOK as they gave reports of the tornadoes that were hitting the state.
Even now, I still can believe how the weather was nice were I was at, but 40 miles to the north, the area was being ravaged by tornadoes.
Robyn
weird1 said:actually, she's refering to several tornados that cut across newberry, kershaw and fairfield counties. those are the 1984 tornadoes.
there was a tornado that cut through lexington during the day in 1994.
there was also a tornado in the coldstream subdivision of irmo at night in 1991 or 1992. i was on the air when that blew over, and it was at night. the lexington tornado was in the afternoon.
wb
Then I was referring to the 1994 tornado, although I remember the others, too. The '94 tornado is so vivid to me because that was the one that the EBS was slow on and 'NOK broke news of it first(I think).
I was running a Skywarn net on 2 meters when the tornadoes broke out in Lexington CO back in 94... While we were giving important information to the Lexington CO Red Cross there were some old farts up in Brevard NC who was upset because we were interrupting their afternoon chat... I guess somebody had a QRZ database and looked my call sign up and decided to give me a call to complain that I was running to much power... I politely told the ham that if they had a problem with me take it up with me after we get done saving lives because that was more important to me than talking about hemorrhoids on the air and I politely hung up on him and went back to running the Skywarn net... If I remember the outbreak came from a tropical storm, but the name escapes me... CC1
Carroll,
It was Tropical Storm Beryl. I admit that I had forgotten that the storm was spawned from a tropical depression.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Beryl_(1994)
This entry has more info on the 2 F3 tornadoes that hit Lexington (the second one hit south of town and destroyed a wood framed home).
Robyn
It was Tropical Storm Beryl. I admit that I had forgotten that the storm was spawned from a tropical depression.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Beryl_(1994)
This entry has more info on the 2 F3 tornadoes that hit Lexington (the second one hit south of town and destroyed a wood framed home).
Robyn
That was the one... I remember following it though GA until things got going in SC... I was in a good location where I lived so unless the WX got really wacky I could talk to three states on a handheld hooked to my Yagi up about 40 feet if I could not use my base/moble set up... CC1
My parents and I went to the beach in June.
Passing through Bennettsville was an amazing experience. You see the damage on TV, but you don't realize just how bad the damage is until you see it. So many new-looking homes and apartment buildings, turned to rubble.
Passing through Bennettsville was an amazing experience. You see the damage on TV, but you don't realize just how bad the damage is until you see it. So many new-looking homes and apartment buildings, turned to rubble.
NE Kershaw CO was hit very hard also... I remember that day very vivid... The night before there was a strong line of thunder storms that rolled through as well with one hell of a light show... The Saturday before that faithful day my cousin had a brand new 24x80 double wide trailer set up... Everything was a go for move in on that Monday two days before the tornadoes hit... That Tuesday all the tie downs were taken care of lights turned on and my cousins family started what they thought would be a new life in a new home... They got to enjoy it for a whole 24 hours before the tornadoes swept through NE kershaw CO... It was like a war zone or some sort of a bomb went off... My cousin, his wife, and their little girl had just made it out of there when the tornado picked it right up off the ground and just powered bombed it on top of their car... You could not believe how things were... While my cousins house was completely destroyed my uncles house was untouched... Even to this very day my cousin still has panic problems when there is the threat of bad weather... That day the temp was near 80 degrees while the next day it was beautiful with highs in the mid 50's... WPUB was the lifeline along with channel 10 in getting information out which to this very day I know a lot of people who were very grateful to those two stations... CC1
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