Storms in South Carolina in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 1976, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
South Carolina in 1976 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 57
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $3.7 million
- Episodes
- 23
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 1 | 11 | $3.7 million |
| Hail | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1976
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, February 1, 1976
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, February 18, 1976
March 1976
- Tornado in South Carolina, March 8, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 16, 1976
April 1976
May 1976
- Tornado in South Carolina, May 7, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 11, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 16, 1976
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 17, 1976
- Tornado in South Carolina, May 18, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 28, 1976
June 1976
- Hail in South Carolina, June 1, 1976
- Hail in South Carolina, June 3, 1976
- Hail in South Carolina, June 17, 1976
- Tornado in South Carolina, June 19, 1976
- Tornado in South Carolina, June 21, 1976
July 1976
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 21, 1976
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 25, 1976
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 29, 1976
August 1976
October 1976
More
Every year in South CarolinaEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in South Carolina in 197619751977
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 2026-09-24.