*Source - Storm Data Publication published by the National Climatic Data Center and severe weather reports issued by the National Weather Service.
| Date | County | Description | Length (miles) | Width (yards) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 7, 1998 | Pickens | (F2) A tornado developed from a fast moving severe thunderstorm that raced north out of eastern Georgia. The F2 tornado touched down two miles south of Easley and destroyed several houses and mobile homes and severely damaged many other homes and businesses. Damage was sustained to the south of the track of the tornado due to strong inflow into the storm. Damage from severe thunderstorm winds in the rear flank downdraft occurred north into Easley. Property damage: $3 million. | 2 | 35 |
| 2 | March 8, 1998 | Bamberg | (F0) A tornado touched down three miles east of Govan near highway 301 downing several trees. | 1 | 100 |
| 3 | March 8, 1998 | Orangeburg | (F2) An F2 tornado tracked along highway 4 near Pine Hill. It picked up 2 mobile homes, took them 35 ft into the air, and brought them down on top of a 35 ft by 75 ft cinder block building 30 yards away completely destroying the mobile homes and the building. Other damage was done to a couple other mobile and permanent homes, and also to a church roof. A second 12 ft by 24 ft cinder block building was also demolished. Property damage: $80,000. | 1 | 75 |
| 4 | March 8, 1998 | Orangeburg | (F2) A tornado that touched down four miles south-southwest of Vance did major damage to a horse farm and race track. Several horses were injured, and debris from the horse farm was found as far as three miles away. Major damage was done to a house and two mobile homes. Several mobile homes and houses sustained minor damage. Property damage: $220,000. | 5 | 100 |
| 5 | March 8, 1998 | Clarendon | (F0) The tornado near Vance jumped Lake Marion and briefly touched down near Coopers Landing, breaking off a telephone pole and some trees. Property damage: $2,000. | 1 | 65 |
| 6 | March 8, 1998 | Dillon | (F0) The Dillon County Sheriff reported a funnel cloud and trees downed. | <1 | 30 |
| 7 | March 8, 1998 | Horry | (F0) A tornado damaged two homes and a garage in the Pleasant View community six miles north of Aynor. Property damage: $25,000. | <1 | 30 |
| 8 | April 3, 1998 | Jasper | (F1) A tornado touched down two miiles north of Ridgeland. Mobile home damaged, roof damage to another home and numerous trees down. | 1 | 30 |
| 9 | April 9, 1998 | Jasper | (F1) A tornado that touched down 2 miles west of Hardeeville uprooted and snapped off trees, blew shingles off roofs,and damaged several other buildings. Property damages: $50,000. | 1 | 150 |
| 10 | April 19, 1998 | Laurens | (F0) A tornado that touched down three miles west of Waterloo did $70,000 in damages in the area, blowing trees onto structures and vehicles. | 5 | 50 |
| 11 | April 19, 1998 | York | (F0) A tornado just west of Clover took the tin roof off a barn and blew the camper shell off a truck resulting in $500 in damages. Two skywarn weather spotters had visual contact with this tornado. | <1 | 20 |
| 12 | April 19, 1998 | York | (F0) A woman observed a brief tornado touchdown in a field on the south side of Rock Hill. | <1 | 10 |
| 13 | May 4, 1998 | Charleston | A funnel cloud was spotted near the Charleston Air Force Base, but there was no damage. | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | May 7, 1998 | Edgefield | (F3) A tornado touched down 10 miles northwest of Edgefield taking down numerous trees and doing $300,000 in damage to several homes. | 5 | 880 |
| 15 | May 7, 1998 | Edgefield | (F2) A tornado touched down six miles west of Johnston doing $500,000 in damage to several homes and businesses. | 6 | 440 |
| 16 | May 7, 1998 | Edgefield | (F3) A tornado destroyed or severely damaged nearly 60 houses and mobile homes and a church. One person was killed when her mobile home took a direct hit and was completely destroyed. Many trees were downed. The tornado initially touched down 12 miles southwest of Edgefield. Property damage: $1 million. | 12 | 880 |
| 17 | May 7, 1998 | McCormick | (F0) A tornado downed trees and did minor damage to some homes in the Meriwether area. | 1 | 100 |
| 18 | May 7, 1998 | McCormick | (F0) A tornado downed trees at Clarks Hill Recreation Area. | 1 | 100 |
| 19 | May 7, 1998 | Saluda | (F1) A tornado that topuched down two miles west-southwest of Ward damaged several buildings and homes. It also picked up two cotton bin holders and threw them 100 yards. Property damage: $50,000. | 2 | 150 |
| 20 | May 7, 1998 | Aiken | (F0) A tornado in the Aiken area near I-20 and highway 19 downed trees. | 3 | 100 |
| 21 | May 7, 1998 | Oconee | (F0) A tornado was spotted five miles west of Walhalla. | <1 | 50 |
| 22 | May 7, 1998 | Oconee | (F0) A weak tornado briefly touched down in Oakway downing trees and blowing roofs off outbuildings. Property damage: $5000. | <1 | 50 |
| 23 | May 7, 1998 | Abbeville | (F0) A weak, short-lived tornado downed numerous large trees and blew a carport off a house and underpinning off a trailer near Due West. Touchdown was two miles north-northwest of Due West Property damage: $30,000. | 5 | 50 |
| 24 | May 7, 1998 | Greenwood | (F1) A weak tornado touched down near the Abbeville county line three miles west of Hodges and moved towards Hodges damaging buildings, lifting a pick-up truck off the ground and lodging it in a tree, killing goats and pigs, and downing hundreds or trees. Property damage: $75,000. | 10 | 100 |
| 25 | May 8, 1998 | Berkeley | (F1) A tornado two miles southwest St. Stephen took a portion of a roof off and uprooted and snapped off numerous trees. | 1 | 50 |
| 26 | May 10, 1998 | Dorchester | (F0) A tornado in the St George area damaged home's roof,destroyed a shed, threw a boat 40 feet, and uprooted trees. Property damages: $4,500. | 1 | 50 |
| 27 | May 10, 1998 | Dorchester | (F0) A tornado a mile northwest of Summerville downed several trees and large limbs. | 1 | 40 |
| 28 | May 10, 1998 | Berkeley | (F2) The tornado that briefly touched down earlier in Dorchester County crossed Interstate 26 into Berkeley County, touching down three miles north-northwest of Ladson and ending in Goose Creek. 442 were homes damaged: 17 were destroyed, 113 sustained major damage, and the remainder had minor damage. A 90 year old female was injured severely when her mobile home was flipped and thrown more than 40 feet. She died several hours later. Seven others people were injured. Several eye witnesses reported seeing vortices rotating around the main funnel. This fact was proven by the damage pattern in several areas. Property damage: $5 million. | 10 | 660 |
| 29 | May 10, 1998 | Sumter | (F0) An tornado touched down near Pinewood and took some trees down around Panola and Avin roads. | <1 | 30 |
| 30 | May 10, 1998 | Berkeley | (F0) A tornado in the St. Stephen area downed several trees and limbs,damaged a mobile home, did minor damage to several roofs, and destroyed an outdoor shed. Property damage: $3,000. | 1 | 35 |
| 31 | June 2, 1998 | Saluda | (F0) A small tornado touched down in a cluster of trees five miles southeast of Saluda. | <1 | 40 |
| 32 | June 2, 1998 | Anderson | There were reports of funnel clouds associated with a severe thunderstorm and an unconfirmed report of a tornado touchdown south of Anderson. | NA | NA |
| 33 | June 4, 1998 | Edgefield | (F0) SKYWARN spotter reported touchdown in field behind his house a mile east of Trenton. | <1 | 50 |
| 34 | June 4, 1998 | Chester | (F0) Police officers observed twin tornadoes touch down briefly in a field five miles northwest of Chester, but no damage was produced. | <1 | 50 |
| 35 | June 6, 1998 | Sumter | (F0) A strong tornado touch down four miles south of Rembert downed trees and power lines. Two mobile homes sustained minor damage and two sheds sustained moderate damage. Property damage: $2,000. | <1 | 150 |
| 36 | June 6, 1998 | Spartanburg | (F0) A tornado was spotted in the Pacolet Mills area. The tornado produced a mile long swath of tree damage in a wooded area. | 1 | 10 |
| 37 | June 6, 1998 | Union | (F1) A weak tornado in the Carlisle area produced a swath of damage, 2 miles long in the vicinity of Carlisle. Trees fell on several houses, across roads, and across railroad tracks. | 2 | 50 |
| 38 | June10, 1998 | Florence | (F0) A tornado in the Lake City area downed power lines and did spotty damage as it passed through woods crossed highway 341 and crossed the County line. Touch. Property damage:$10,000. | 2 | 20 |
| 39 | June 10, 1998 | Williamsburg | (F1) The Lake City tornado touched down six miles northeast of Cades downing power lines and damaging trees dalong its path. Two homes were badly damaged and five had minor damage.The structural damage occurred eaast of Kingstree and on highway 527. Farm equipment and tobacco and corn crops were also damaged. Property damage: $72,000. Crop damage: $100,000. | 20 | 25 |
| 40 | June 19, 1998 | Florence | (F0) A tornado in the Scranton area downed trees in the Camp Branch Community, damaged the roof of the Lake City-Scranton Convalescent Center, and turned over a mobile home. Property damage: $80,000. | 8 | 25 |
| 41 | September, 3 1998 | Orangeburg | (F0) Law enforcement reported two small tornadoes rotating around each other three miles south of Holly Hill in the swamp east of highway 453. | 1 | 50 |
| 42 | September, 3 1998 | Georgetown | (F0) Hurricane Earl came ashore on the Florida Gulf Coast as a tropical storm, and passed across the Carolinas during the day and evening of 9/3/98. A tornado briefly touched down near Choppee in Georgetown County. | <1 | 20 |
| 43 | September, 3 1998 | Beaufort | (F2) A tornado spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Earl touched down eight miles east-southeast of Frogmore. Thirteen homes were destroyed and another thirteen were heavily damaged, most of them were mobile homes. One mobile home was flipped in the air and smashed to the ground where a 66-year old female was crushed to death. Numerous trees were snapped off 5 to 15 feet above the ground with others uprooted. The worse of the damage was concentrated in an area approximately 2.5 to 3 miles long across Fripp Island to near Morgan Island. The tornado then crossed the St Helena Sound and moved into Colleton County. Property damage: $360,000. | 15 | 75 |
| 44 | September, 3 1998 | Colleton | (F1) This tornado's track began four miles south-southeast of Bennett's Point. Tornado damage was confined mostly to wooded marsh area which uprooted or snapped off trees. | 3 | 50 |
| 45 | September, 3 1998 | Colleton | (F1) A tornado touched down seven mile south-southeast of Greens Pond. This tornado took a roof off a barn and snapped off or uprooted several trees on a private plantation. | 1 | 40 |
| 46 | September, 3 1998 | Berkeley | (F2) A tornado touched down two miles southeast of Moncks Corner and ended five miles northeast of Moncks Corner. Seventy-three homes were damaged, fourteen mobile homes destroyed and seven homes destroyed. The Fairlawn subdivision, just southeast of Moncks corner was hardest hit. | 7 | 430 |
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