1984 19 tornadoes struck the Carolinas, including one F1, six F2s, five F3s, and seven F4s. In South Carolina at 6:00 pm, an F4 tornado moved across part of Winnsboro, crossed Wateree Lake in Kershaw County killing 5 and injuring 49. At 7:10 pm, another F4 hit a shopping center at Bennettsville and killed 7 people in rural Marlboro County and injured 100. In North Carolina at 7:45 pm, an F3 tornado killed 12 and injured 101. Deaths were at Beaver Dam, Salemburg, Roseboro, and Clinton. And at 8:45 that night, six people were killed near Snow Hill, two at Ayden, one at Winterville, and six near Greenville by an F4. An F3 tornado struck a trailer park near Lewiston at 8:55 pm, killing five members of one family and injured 19 other people.
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